Raiders RB Zamir White does not have your average NFL player's workout regimen
You don't get the nickname "Zues" in high school because your body isn't in great shape. He has always been a freak of nature for the Las Vegas Raiders' backup running back, Zamir White, and has only transferred that over to the NFL.However, it's how Zeus got to be that way. He didn't hit the […]
You don't get the nickname "Zues" in high school because your body isn't in great shape. He has always been a freak of nature for the Las Vegas Raiders' backup running back, Zamir White, and has only transferred that over to the NFL.
However, it's how Zeus got to be that way. He didn't hit the weight room all the time like a lot of kids did. He didn't have a personal trainer like a lot of the top recruits. No, instead, he worked on a farm.
"I've probably got like 12 horses right now," White said Saturday. "Man, we've got hogs, we've got cows, we've got goats. We've got it all; you name it. I've got my garden. You know how I do it. … My grandpa had me liking that stuff since I was born. So that's just part of me, man. I love it to death."
Zamir White, 23, grew up on a farm in North Carolina, where he ran hills, threw hay bales, carried feeding bags, and anything else you can think of that people do on a farm.
This offseason, White continued to do things on the farm, but he also worked on some other things with his game. He didn't have the best year last season and will be the first to tell you. Then again, as a rookie behind Josh Jacobs, it's hard to have a good year.
White played just 40 total snaps in 2022. So, it's tough to say he was bad; however, when he did play, there were noticeable things he could improve on. Being a rookie isn't easy. Being a rookie in a Josh Mcdaniels system definitely isn't easy. Then you can factor in that White is on one of the worst teams in the league in 2022, just to top it all off.
White realizes that.
"I dealt with it pretty fine because this is the NFL, so it's not easy," White said. "It's good to sit back and learn from guys."
However, the second-year running back is confident about what he has learned so far this offseason and what he can do this next season.
"This year, it has eased out some," White said. "The game calmed down, too. You really just go out there and do your thing and have fun, really."
With the league's leading rusher in 2022 not at training camp, it is giving young guys like White and Brittain Brown more opportunities to show their development and how far they have come. White could be in line to start a few games in 2023 with the current situation at hand.
It appears the Jacobs-Raiders drama isn't getting solved anytime soon, and if he were to hold out in-season, White has shown every day in the camp that he is ready. Zues is winning training camp right now.
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