Allen Park — You wouldn't know it now, but as a youngster, Jamaal Williams' running style was predicated on speed. He was more lightning than the thunder role he currently occupies in the Detroit Lions' backfield.
It was an injury — a broken ankle before his freshman season of high school — that changed the course of Williams' athletic trajectory. As he recovered, he realized he wasn't nearly as fast as he was before being hurt. No longer able to easily outrun his peers, he felt need a new identity, so he started lifting weights and bulking up.