Due to the pandemic canceling the 2020 preseason, Baltimore Ravens’ second-year running back Ty’Son Williams didn’t have an opportunity to play himself into roster contention as an undrafted free agent rookie last year.
It is nearly impossible for undrafted rookies, even the priority ones, to make a team based on their performance in practice alone. Since they’re at or near the bottom of the depth chart, the starters and more established players get the bulk of the reps because they are locks to make the roster more often than not.
That means that players like the former North Carolina/South Carolina/BYU product need big performances in the preseason in a non-COVID year or an injury to someone ahead of them in order to make the final cut and even both might not be enough sometimes.