One of the qualities that San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch has repeated since he took his position is the importance of football character in the players he has on the roster. That is what makes the choice to draft Utah running back Joe Williams so very interesting. Before Williams became the MVP of the Foster Farms Bowl at Levi’s Stadium, he stepped away from football and “retired” in September 2016. He returned to the game a month later.
Williams had an interesting start to his college playing career that started at University of Connecticut where he lost the structure of his former military schooling and felt lost.