It’s been one hell of a month for Jets receiver and kicker returner Isaiah Williams.
He regarded like he was a goner after a disastrous efficiency in a Week 4 loss to the Dolphins that included a kickoff fumble within the second half which the Dolphins recovered and changed into a landing, and a good catch of a punt on the 3-yard line.
“I let the workforce down,” Williams stated after the sport.
He was launched the subsequent day however signed again to the apply squad.
And on Sunday in Cincinnati, he was an enormous contributor to the 39-38 win over the Bengals, the primary Jets victory of the season.
Williams compiled 226 all-purpose yards within the sport on 5 kickoff returns for 132 yards, three punt returns for 38 yards, together with a 21-yarder, three receptions for 31 yards and a 25-yard end-around run.
It was probably the most all-purpose yards for a Jets participant since 2021.
Aaron Glenn on Monday praised Williams as a “redemption story.’’
“In life, you undergo trials and tribulations,’’ Williams stated Tuesday because the Jets gamers departed for his or her bye week. “However it made me stronger. I tousled in that sport and I used to be gonna get higher. Day by day, I’m engaged on ball safety. I’m gonna catch further passes, I’m ensuring my area consciousness is best.
“It’s all about the way you bounce again, how you persist by.’’
Williams revealed that he was a scout-team working again in final week’s practices, having no concept he’d have a job within the Bengals sport. He recalled learning for further time on the Saturday evening earlier than the sport.
He confirmed the coaches within the Saturday walk-through that “I knew my assignments.’’
“I really feel like that second simply constructed belief with the coaches,’’ he stated. “They had been like, ‘OK, we may throw him on the market.’ When the performs got here to me, I simply made probably the most of them.
“After that sport, it actually hit me and confirmed me like, ‘I’m meant to be right here,’ ’’ Williams went on. “God positioned me right here for a cause … to be an undrafted man and have a sport like that.’’
Williams, 24, got here into the league with the Bengals final season and in addition performed with the Lions, the place Glenn was the defensive coordinator.
“I made errors that value the workforce, they usually gave me one other alternative,’’ he stated of the Jets. “The evening after I received reduce, I bear in mind praying. I felt like I had performed all the pieces proper up till that time.
“I didn’t suppose I used to be gonna get one other alternative this yr, if I’m being trustworthy. So my largest factor was like, I’m gonna come again to the apply squad and I’m gonna work my tail off and I’m gonna get higher each single day. And after I do get my alternative, if I do get one other alternative, I’m gonna take advantage of it. And it simply occurred.’’
