4:51 PM ET
Eric WoodyardESPN
DETROIT -- Detroit Lions rookie receiver Jameson Williams is acceptable to marque his NFL debut Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars aft being activated from the NFI database connected Saturday.
Williams, the No. 12 wide pick, reported to signifier for the archetypal clip up of the Thanksgiving crippled aft suffering a torn ACL astatine Alabama successful January. This week, helium participated successful his archetypal afloat week of enactment earlier the squad made the last determination connected his availability.
"I wouldn't accidental I consciousness rusty, I'm getting backmost connected my feet. I've been moving astir for a small infinitesimal now," Williams said. "So, it's conscionable I'm backmost retired with the team. I wouldn't accidental I consciousness rusty."
Williams benefited from staying adjacent to the squad during his full betterment process. Following Thursday's practice, helium says he's "somewhere close" to being backmost astatine afloat speed.
"I'm moving existent accelerated close now. I consciousness existent fast," Williams said. "I'm feeling good."
The Lions enactment remained diligent passim the process of his recovery. Head manager Dan Campbell and the unit were cautious not to unreserved him backmost connected the field.
On his archetypal time of practice, Williams initially started by moving the passing histrion routes connected Monday, Nov. 21 with erstwhile signifier squad backmost Tim Boyle aft a squad walkthrough.
"Very creaseless and highly fast. Really bully successful and retired of breaks, ran truly crisp routes," Boyle told ESPN. "It was decidedly bully to spot him. You could archer helium was excited to beryllium backmost retired there. He was benignant of holding backmost his small smirk."
The squad past fto him participate drills this week with immoderate idiosyncratic one-on-one enactment and scout squad reps to adhd much of a load. Campbell said helium looked amended each day.
"This was each astir conscionable getting his legs nether him," Campbell said.
After seeing him successful practice, Williams' velocity is the archetypal happening that jumped retired to Lions violative coordinator Ben Johnson and backmost Jared Goff.
"Honestly, I've been much impressed successful thing - erstwhile helium gets successful betwixt those achromatic lines, his demeanor is each astir football," Johnson said. "It's what we thought we were getting erstwhile we drafted him backmost successful the spring, and that's held true. The feline loves the game, and you tin conscionable spot him airy up, and he's each astir ball."
He has worked hard to make chemistry with Goff done changeless connection and signifier reps arsenic they trying to get him acclimated into the discourtesy arsenic rapidly arsenic possible. His teammates are excited to spot what helium tin yet bring to the table.
"I mean (former Rams WR) Brandin Cooks is astir apt the fastest feline I've played with, and it's a antithetic benignant of velocity though, and again, I haven't seen him play successful a existent game, but he's longer," Goff said of Williams' speed. "He's a stride guy. He's got length. He's got wingspan.
"Brandin was much conscionable benignant of a burner and has done that good for a agelong time, but Jameson, helium tin widen connected guys," helium said. "He tin truly marque catches distant from his body, that benignant of stuff. And however overmuch he's capable to assistance america successful the adjacent six games, we'll see, but surely arsenic a quarterback, you privation him connected the tract arsenic soon arsenic possible."
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