Rams rookie running back Kyren Williams had to overcome mental challenges after suffering two injuries in a span of three months to start his NFL career.
THOUSAND OAKS — Rams rookie running back Kyren Williams made it a morning routine to write down words of affirmation for himself while recovering from an ankle injury that sidelined him for seven games this season.Those words along with daily greetings from veteran teammates helped Williams overcome his mental obstacles during his long roads to recovery. Last week, Williams completed his first NFL game and received his first carry, a 9-yard run against the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium.
“It was a different type of grind because it allowed me to find who I was as a person and not as a football player,” said Williams, the team’s fifth-round selection out of Notre Dame. “I had to forget about football because I couldn’t really play football. I had a broken foot, broken ankle, so that physically limits me from playing football, so I had to figure out how can I get myself better?
“I was waiting the whole game, like, ‘Coen, let me get the ball,’” Williams recalled. “I don’t care what the game was, I don’t care what the score was. Like, I had one thing in mind, and that was to play, play football and play my type of game.” “Now, does he need to clean some things up? Absolutely. Had a couple busts at the end of that game when he was in, had a couple mental errors when we were going fast on tempo and trying to get some things going. But he definitely brings a little bit of some juice and it’s really his communication, his energy.”
But Coen said this will also create opportunities for the inexperienced wide receivers, such as second-year player Tutu Atwell and undrafted rookie Lance McCutcheon.
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