Early on in 2025 NFL free agency, the Dallas Cowboys took a calculated risk on an offensive weapon that paid major dividends immediately.
The Cowboys signed free agent running back Javonte Williams, a former second-round pick of the Denver Broncos, to a one-year contract worth just $3 million in total money and a borderline laughable $1 million in guaranteed money. Based on the way things had gone in 2023 and 2024 for Williams with the Broncos, that price was justified. Based on how he played in 2025? It was arguably the steal of the offseason.
Williams has run for over 1,200 yards (a career-high) in his first year with Dallas, adding 13 total touchdowns along with multiple 100-yard rushing games.