There aren’t many NFL athletes like Trent Williams. The 49ers’ All-Everything left tackle is the rarest combination of size and athleticism that allows him to do things like go in motion on a run play to bulldoze defensive ends and linebackers.
His athletic feats aren’t limited to the gridiron though. 49ers tight end George Kittle told a story on Bussin With the Boys about a time Williams got after it in the weight room.
“We had a night game and we flew back, I think we got home at like 3:00 or 4:00 AM and we work out at like 12:00 the next day. He shows up, and you can do what you kind of wanna do on Mondays – lift, sweat a little bit, get all the kinks out,” Kittle said. “He got upset about something like they wanted him to do a little bit more, and he was like, ‘okay, watch what I can do.’ And he gets under the squat rack bar and he has 315 (pounds) on it, reps it for three. Puts a plate on, reps it for three. Puts a plate on, reps it for three. Gets up to like 615 or 650 or something like that, and the coach is like, ‘you don’t need to do that.’ And (Trent) looks at him and he goes, ‘for sure.’ Reps it for 10 times. 10 times over 600 pounds. I watched it live. 600 over 10 times … Racks it and goes, ‘I’m good, right?’ and he just walked out.”
