When the Detroit Lions made the massive trade with the Minnesota Vikings to land Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft, some o the buzz for Lions fans was couched by Williams’ injury status. The speedster tore his ACL in Alabama’s loss to Georgia in the college football title game in early January.
All the updates from Williams himself have been bullish that he’ll be ready well before the regular season begins. Now the man who performed the ACL surgery has offered an even more optimistic timeline.
“Jameson’s goal is to play first preseason game, obviously,” Dr. Lyle Cain told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
