(AP) -- New York Jets running back Shonn Greene has a "low-grade skin infection" on his right foot and will not play in the team's preseason game against Cincinnati on Sunday night.
Team spokesman Bruce Speight says Thursday night that the infection was caught early and is being treated "appropriately with antibiotics."
Greene, expected to be the starting running back this season, was being treated at the team's facility.
The team did not immediately know if it is a staph infection because the type of skin infection Greene has cannot be cultured. Typically, only open wounds can be cultured.
With Greene out on Sunday and Joe McKnight healing from a concussion, LaDainian Tomlinson, Bilal Powell and Chris Jennings will handle the carries.
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