"Tyrell Williams, you (freaking) stud!!"
That's what one fan screamed at the top of his lungs earlier this week as the 26-year-old used his speed to gain separation, hauled in a Philip Rivers' pass in stride and then sprinted into the end zone.
Those around the fan, dressed in a powder blue Keenan Allen jersey, clapped and cheered in unison.
After all, it's hard to disagree with his statement.
Tyrell Williams has been an absolute stud thus far in training camp. As humble as they come, even he couldn't dispel the notion.
"I feel great," he said. "It's probably my best camp. I feel really good. I feel confident so I'm just trying to keep rolling."
There is so much to like about Williams' game, which continues to grow by leaps and bounds each year. He boasts tremendous size, blazing speed and is one of the NFL's preeminent deep threats. Entering his fourth season, number 16 has caught 114 passes for 1,877 yards and 12 touchdowns while averaging 25.7 yards per catch.
Still, despite all his success, there's one part of his game Williams has been criticized for…and he agrees with it.
The wideout openly admits he's simply not been good enough at catching contested passes thrown his way.
Thus, a major focal point heading into his fourth season is to work on getting his hands up and using every bit of his 6-4, 205-pound frame to his advantage.
"I want to be able to make all those contested catches," he said. "I feel like that's going to take my game to another level, so I've been really focusing on that. I've gotten a lot of good opportunities during practice, so it's been good. I feel like I'm doing a better job at it."
It makes sense why this part of his game has taken some time to develop. Williams tore up the Great Northwest Athletic Conference during his career at Western Oregon, relying mostly on his speed as cornerbacks couldn't keep up.
That's clearly not the case in the NFL, where the players are faster and stronger. While his speed has translated to the next level, he knows he must master the art of high-pointing the ball and coming down with the contested catch.
"I think it's because it doesn't happen often," Williams said. "You don't get a lot of opportunities to do that so when they do and you don't make it, it's (magnified). It makes it seem like you can't do it. But I'm working at it, and I (hope) it's been noticeable because I've had a lot of opportunities this camp to work on it and I've been capitalizing."
In fact, Williams is so dead set on improving that area of his game that he's forcing himself into situations where he can work on it.
"Sometimes in one-on-ones, you can try to make that happen where you have to (make a contested catch). It's like, even if I could catch those (a different way), sometimes I have to force myself to make that contested catch to work on it."
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Take a look at the entire Bolts roster leading into 2018 Preseason.
1 WR Justice Liggins
2 P Shane Tripucka
3 QB Geno Smith
4 K Roberto Aguayo
5 WR Nelson Spruce
6 K Caleb Sturgis
7 QB Cardale Jones
8 P Drew Kaser
9 QB Nic Shimonek
10 WR Artavis Scott
11 WR Geremy Davis
12 WR Travis Benjamin
13 WR Keenan Allen
15 WR Andre Patton
16 WR Tyrell Williams
17 QB Philip Rivers
20 CB Desmond King
24 CB Trevor Williams
25 S Rayshawn Jenkins
26 CB Casey Hayward
28 RB Melvin Gordon III
29 CB Craig Mager
30 RB Austin Ekeler
31 S Adrian Phillips
32 RB Justin Jackson
33 S Derwin James
34 FB Derek Watt
35 DB Micah Hannemann
35 RB Russell Hansbrough
36 CB Brandon Facyson
37 S Jahleel Addae
38 CB B.J. Clay
38 RB Detrez Newsome
39 DB Tony Brown
40 FB Anthony Manzo-Lewis
41 CB Marcus Edmond
41 WR Je'Ron Hamm
42 RB Terrell Watson
42 CB Channing Stribling
43 CB Michael Davis
44 LB Kyzir White
45 S A.J. Hendy
46 DE Chris Landrum
47 LS Mike Windt
48 LB Nick Dzubnar
50 ILB Hayes Pullard
51 OLB Kyle Emanuel
52 LB Denzel Perryman
53 C Mike Pouncey
54 DE Melvin Ingram III
57 OLB Jatavis Brown
58 LB Uchenna Nwosu
59 LB D'Juan Hines
61 C-G Scott Quessenberry
62 OL Chris Durant
64 C-G Cole Toner
65 OL Zack Golditch
66 G Dan Feeney
67 G Brett Boyko
68 T Trent Scott
69 T Sam Tevi
70 DL Steven Richardson
71 NT Damion Square
72 T Joe Barksdale
73 C-G Spencer Pulley
74 G Erick Wren
75 G Michael Schofield III
76 T Russell Okung
77 G Forrest Lamp
78 DT Marcus Hardison
80 TE Sean Culkin
81 WR Mike Williams
82 TE Cole Hunt
83 TE Braedon Bowman
84 WR Dylan Cantrell
87 TE Ben Johnson
88 TE Virgil Green
89 WR J.J. Jones
90 DE Whitney Richardson
91 DL Justin Jones
92 NT Brandon Mebane
93 DE Darius Philon
94 DT Corey Liuget
95 DL Bijhon Jackson
96 LB Kyle Coleman
97 DE Patrick Afriyie
98 DE Isaac Rochell
