BYU’s Jamaal Williams on the way to Lions on a 2-year contract
Jamaal Williams’ time with the Green Bay Packers is over.
His time at Motor City is about to begin, according to several reports.
Williams agreed to a two-year contract with Detroit Lions worth up to $ 7.5 million per year, as first reported by Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Williams himself seemed to confirm this on Tuesday night on twitter.
A fourth-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft, Williams thanked the Packers earlier this week for the four years he spent in Green Bay, the first sign that he was going elsewhere.
Old one #Packers RB Jamaal Williams is signing a two-year contract worth up to 0.5 million with the #Lions, by source.
– Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 17, 2021
“Thank you Green Bay for accepting me and letting me grow and be the man I am today and I am still thriving to be,” wrote Williams on Instagram. “I have nothing but RESPECT and LOVE for everyone who works at the Packers facilities, from players, coaches, all the staff who work in Lambeau and the fans !! I will miss everything, keep all my memories and keep fighting for the greatness. I am looking forward to what is to come and excited to get what I want, but nothing but loving GB, this has been real.
Williams totaled 1,985 yards and 10 touchdowns in 500 races in his four years with the Packers, where he has paired extensively alongside his 2017 draft partner Aaron Jones. The 1.8m and 70kg native from Rialto, California, who became BYU’s all-time race leader, also had 961 yards and eight touchdowns in the air, proving to be a dynamic threat in the offside game. backfield.
The Packers reportedly agreed to a four-year, $ 48 million contract with Aaron Jones on Sunday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and when paired with signing second round AJ Dillon a year ago, he left a strong indication that Williams was headed elsewhere.