Sam Williams posts freakish speed at Cowboys minicamp

Freak of nature. No other way to put it.

Sam Williams Sr. tore his ACL and partially tore his MCL last July 28 — just days into Dallas Cowboys training camp. Fast-forward less than a year, and he just posted the second-fastest speed on the team during mandatory minicamp: 21.4 miles per hour.

Only CeeDee Lamb ran faster (21.9 mph), and he’s, you know… built to run fast. Williams? He’s 260 pounds. 

That, Cowboys Nation, a different galaxy of athleticism.

To put it into context, Philadelphia Eagles breakaway superstar Saquon Barkley’s fifth-fastest carry all season in 2024 was 21.9 mph. 

Barkley is 230 pounds. Williams is 30 pounds heavier — and coming off knee surgery.

And yet somehow, he’s still maybe the third or fourth most dangerous pass rusher on this Cowboys team.

Micah Parsons is the best edge rusher in football. Donovan Ezeiruaku, the most prolific pass rusher in college last year (17.5 sacks), is waiting to explode. Dante Fowler Jr. just notched 10.5 sacks in Washington. 

And then there’s Sam Williams - who is a work in progress in terms of his off-field maturity, no doubt - with the kind of recovery, raw speed, and way-up-there ceiling that makes you wonder what’s coming next.

Forget "coming back healthy." He’s coming back blazing.

For Dallas, this isn’t just a good sign — it’s a freakishly positive potential game-changer.