It’s the NFL offseason, meaning it’s post-workout-videos-on-IG SZN. But for Texans running back D’Onta Foreman, who’s recovering from an Achilles injury that ended his rookie season and 99.9 percent of 2018, we don’t hate that his trainer gave us a glimpse of his intense workout regimen. Rischad Whitfield, aka ‘Footwork_King’ on Twitter is known as one of the best trainers in all of football, working with the likes of Le’Veon Bell, Antonio Brown, DeAndre Hopkins and Andre Johnson. Whitfield had Foreman running through a crazy change of direction workout that showed he’s well on his way to a 2019 explosion. In the clip, it looks like the Achilles is back to 100 percent and the big back might have even gained some quickness and explosiveness to his game. With only the plodding Lamar Miller in his way, Foreman has a chance to ignite the Texans running game and win the starting gig.
When Bill O’Brien was asked about Foreman’s speed and elusiveness returning, he felt optimistic:
“I definitely do. Even when he came back, his ability to cut, his ability to change direction, his speed, I think he does a good job catching balls out of the backfield, all of that was there.”
Before going down in Week 11 of 2017, Foreman was off to his best professional day and en route to stealing this gig, taking 10 carries for 65 yards and 2 scores, in addition to another 3 catches for 15 yards. If Foreman can return to full health without any setbacks during camp, he will continue to climb up our Big Board, where we have him ranked as RB43, +5 vs the ECR.
