Terrance Williams remembered when he was a lad, staying after practice and working on his own.
"I tried to get better when no one else was around," said the Dallas Cowboys receiver. "All those things not only made me better but it would make the team better."
Williams, a graduate of
White (Dallas) high school and Baylor University, surprised a group of middle and high school players at
Coppell (Texas) this summer as part of the CBS
Sports & Texaco Driving Performance Program, in which professional
athletes crashed summer football practices to work with young athletes.The 6-foot-2, 210-pound standout talked to the players about his path to the NFL, gave personalized instruction on how to maximize performance on the field, then hung around and took pictures.
"He boosted me up and made me want to work harder toward my dreams," said Bishop Bell, who aspires to be both an NFL player and a Navy Seal.
Another student, Matt Newsome, was sort of blown away by the experience.
"I was like ‘What? That is Terrance Williams?'" he said.
Said another student Ivan Carrillo: "It was a great experience."
It was for Williams, also.
"I just tried to show what is the daily life of a player in the National Football League," he said. "To be here and talk and play football with the kids was very cool."
You can see more videos from this series on CBSSports.com/DrivingPerformance.
