San Diego ? Chargers linebacker Steve Foley will miss the season after being shot near his suburban home by an off-duty police officer.

Foley was placed on the non-football injured-reserve list on Monday, a day after he was shot by an off-duty Coronado officer and a week before the Chargers open at Oakland.

Chargers general manager A.J. Smith said Foley wouldn’t be paid this season. Foley’s base pay is $775,000, and it’s believed he was due a roster bonus of $875,000.

The outside linebacker, who was being counted on to help anchor the toughest run defense in the NFL, remained hospitalized in stable condition, according to his agent, David Levine.

Because it wasn’t a football injury, the Chargers were letting Levine provide medical updates.

But Levine said information remained sketchy, and his access to Foley had been limited. Sunday, Levine said he was told Foley was shot three times, in the arm, leg and chest. Monday, he said he wasn’t certain where Foley was shot.

Based on the medical information he was given, Smith decided to put Foley on non-football injured reserve.

“I can’t reveal all of that information except that I had enough information that I had to make a football decision,” Smith said. “I had to ask, ‘What’s the timetable?’ We felt in the best interest of him and the team, that he would be out of action for the year.

“Obviously this is a big blow,” Smith said. “It’s a tragedy in itself, as far as the player is concerned. And it’s a blow to our football team.”

San Diego has missed the playoffs nine times in the last 10 seasons.

In March 2005, the Chargers signed Foley to a three-year contract extension through 2009 worth roughly $10 million, including a signing bonus of more than $3 million.

Foley was at Sharp Memorial Hospital. He was visited briefly Monday by coach Marty Schottenheimer. Trainer James Collins and the Chargers security director, Dick Lewis, also were seen at the hospital.

“I would say he’s doing pretty well, given the circumstances,” said Schottenheimer, who declined to comment on Foley’s condition. “It was good to get a chance to see him again. We’re anxious to see him recover as quickly as possible.”

Kathy Gambito, Sharp Memorial’s marketing director, said she couldn’t comment because there wasn’t a patient registered under the name Steve Foley.

The Chargers were counting on Foley to rebound from last season, when he was slowed by an abdominal injury and his production fell off to 41â2 sacks. He had a career-high 10 sacks, which led the team.