Denver Broncos running back Javonte Williams lost weight this offseason, dropping from 232 pounds down to 221 pounds.
“He looks good,” coach Sean Payton said Wednesday. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed it — you guys get a chance to get up and close — but he’s lost weight, he looks trim. I thought he looked sharp today. He looked much different. His weight is down. I’m proud of him.”
Williams, 24, worked his way back from a knee injury last offseason and never quite returned to his pre-injury form in 2023. This spring, Payton prompted the running back to lose weight, and Williams did just that.
“I was watching his college tape in the draft room one day and he walked in,” Payton recalled. “Now again, he was injured last season so this was a tough offseason, this time of the year. We were watching all of the runs, and I’m asking him questions. I said, ‘This is the back I want,’ and, ‘What did you weigh here?’
“Often times runners, receivers and corners can — not intentionally — but they can add weight in the weight room and yet, at those positions I kind of like their college senior year weight early in the league. Some of them are going to put on healthy weight. I think his goal even in the spring, he knew he wanted to get to 221-220 [pounds]. You can see it today.”
To lose the weight, Williams said he stopped eating at 7 p.m. and cut snacks out of his diet, including Takis, one of his favorites.
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After totaling 1,002 yards from scrimmage and scoring five touchdowns last year, a slimmer Williams will look to build on those numbers in his second season playing in Payton’s offense this fall.
