Texas A&M Football: Trayveon Williams will be a monster for Bengals

Texas A&M football’s Trayveon Williams fell all the way to the sixth round to the Bengals in the NFL Draft, but he’s going to have a big career.

When you talk about steals, you consider guys who maybe fell a round or two, but Texas A&M’s Trayveon Williams went from potential Day 2 selection to sixth-rounder to the Bengals.

How does something like this happen? That’s a good question.

Williams had an incredible Texas A&M career, starting with a breakout freshman season where he rushed for 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns on 6.8 yards per touch. He then struggled a bit as a sophomore, rushing for 798 yards and eight scores on just 4.6 yards per carry, but bounced back with a career-year as a senior.

In fact, Williams pieced together the third-best season of any FBS running back in 2018 with 1,760 yards and 18 touchdowns, averaging 6.5 per touch.

But yet he fell all the way to the sixth round, pick No. 182, to the Bengals. Why?

No one knows for sure, but some believe it could be his lack of explosiveness at 5-9 and 200 pounds or potentially his vision and not setting up his blockers well. He needs to show some patience and better vision and he can be an All-Pro running back.

The junior running back will likely duke it out with Giovani Bernard for the No. 2 running back role behind Joe Mixon, but it’s a contract year for the former. He could grow into a complementary piece for Mixon and form an incredible 1-2 punch with him and he can do it all.

Cincinnati just got the steal of the 2019 NFL Draft in Williams and he’s going to prove 31 other teams wrong starting next season.