Javonte Williams on future: ‘Everything happens for a reason’
Jan 13, 2025, 12:06 AM | Updated: 12:07 am
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Javonte Williams heads into the offseason with the uncertain status that can be typical of a player with an expiring contract.
The fourth-year Denver Broncos running back hasn’t come close over the last two seasons to matching the productivity he posted prior to a devastating knee injury five games into the 2022 season. And after a promising training camp and preseason that followed an offseason weight-loss regimen, his per-carry average remained below the baseline 4.0-yards-per-attempt level.
After the Broncos’ 31-7 loss Sunday, Williams acknowledged that he’s considered his future, even as the hubbub of a season progressed.
“I mean, I think about it all the time, but it’s not really too much that I just wonder about,” Williams said. “I mean, everything will happen. Everything happens for a reason. So however it turn out, I’ll be right.”
Williams had 29 yards on 7 carries — good for a 4.1-yard average — on Sunday. He also chipped in 14 yards on a pair of receptions. He finished the 2024 season with a career-high 52 catches for 346 yards as he continued to be a solid dump-off and checkdown target.
But the Broncos’ decision to evolve into what would become a three-way split of the rushing duties as the regular season concluded may not augur well for his future with the Broncos after these star-crossed seasons.
Still, he bore the countenance of a man at peace late Sunday afternoon.
“I approach everything just relying on my faith,” he said. “I mean, everything will work out, everything will be all right. And I just — whatever happens, I just play football.”
With Javonte Williams' contract expiring, I asked him whether he'd thought about his future in the midst of the season. "I mean, I think about it all the time, but it's not really too much that I just wonder about," he said. "… Everything happens for a reason. So however it… pic.twitter.com/n33OygpJ1e
— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) January 13, 2025