{"id":46200,"date":"2025-05-05T03:34:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T03:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46200"},"modified":"2025-05-05T03:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T03:34:35","slug":"former-nfl-rb-ricky-williams-has-stated-he-had-back-to-back-300-yard-games-after-the-first-time-he-smoked-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46200","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL RB Ricky Williams has stated he had back-to-back 300-yard games after the first time he smoked marijuana&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL RB Ricky Williams has stated he had back-to-back 300-yard games after the first time he smoked marijuana:<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Ricky: \u201cBack-to-back 300-yard games.\u201d<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Q: \u201cSo you credit the marijuana for that?\u201d<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Ricky: \u201cI do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div id=\"id__baz17va2ijc\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Insane: Former NFL RB and Heisman winner Ricky Williams said he had back-to-back 300+ yard rushing games after he smoked marijuana for the first time in college: \u201cAnd my roommate was like, \u2018You need to chill,\u2019 and he was a smoker, so he slid his bong over, and I took two hits, coughed and went upstairs&#8230; I had a wonderful week of practice and that next game, I think I had 312 yards, and the following, I had 350. 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