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Eight sneaky NFL playmakers set to explode in 2017

Corey Coleman Cleveland Browns

Joe Williams, running back San Francisco 49ers

The 49ers saw fit to add another running back to compete with the oft-injured Carlos Hyde and veteran Tim Hightower.  They went a bit off the grid to select Williams the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

We recently covered a story that described what great lengths 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan went to secure Williams’ talent. He “desperately wanted Williams and convinced general manager John Lynch to reconsider Williams’ exclusion from the team’s draft plan.”

The report also said that Williams will compete for the starting job and he has the “distinct advantage” considering he was a hand-selected product by Shanahan and running backs coach Bobby Turner.

Williams arrives to the Bay Area after tallying 1,514 total scrimmage yards and 10 touchdowns during his 2016 campaign at Utah. He also averaged 6.7 yards per attempt.

He is bit of a dark horse starter at this time. But he seems primed to emerge as a household name if Hyde can’t cut the mustard or sustains yet another injury this year.

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