Former Arkansas star wanted to quit as trio of legendary Razorbacks glad portal didn't exist in 2008
He was covered in sand, his legs were exhausted, and as he laid there in the pit with his sled buried, he barely had enough left in the tank to even hold a thought. This new coach, Bobby Petrino, had done something Williams never thought he would do — make him quit.
Meanwhile, coaches on either side continued to yell at him. The pain and his wandering mind made it easy to block them out. Then, unexpectedly, a force began to lift his body from the sand. Kareem Crowell, a sophomore defensive lineman from Hargrave Military Academy, hoisted Williams up, bearing the weight of the tight end's body while working to maneuver an arm across his broad shoulders.
Unbeknownst to any of the players in the pit, Miller was facing his own torture that was tied directly to the actions of his unseen partner. While Williams was in the sand contemplating giving up on his dream, Miller was forced to do non-stop bear crawls that would not end until Williams made his way through the door and rescued him.
"It was some of the hardest stuff I ever done in my life, DJ," Wright said. "I seriously used to pray at night about it." Eventually, Wright said, the receivers learned to channel the in your face screaming into positive energy. It gave them a mental toughness and an edge that played out on the field before finally becoming a source of inspiration.
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