DeAngelo Williams Injury: Updates on Panthers Star's Thigh and Return

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 28

The Panthers confirmed DeAngelo Williams' status for Week 4:

Updates from Friday, Sept. 26

Bryan Strickland of Panthers.com passed along comments from Ron Rivera on DeAngelo Williams' status:

Updates from Thursday, Sept. 25

Joe Person of The Charlotte Observer has the latest on William's status:

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 24

Panthers.com's Bryan Strickland has the latest on Williams from head coach Ron Rivera:

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It's encouraging to have him back on the field. Anytime you get a guy back off the injury list, it's awesome.

DeAngelo looked good today. Darrin Reaves looked good today. We'll go from there.

We're going to build up to that. Last week he practiced on Friday and was still kind of iffy. Today he took every snap he was supposed to. We had 42 total snaps, and I bet he took 30 of them.

We'll see how he is as we go through it. Hopefully it will feel pretty good tomorrow with no residual, and then he'll roll again and probably take a few more snaps each day.

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Black and Blue Review has an update on Williams' status at practice:

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 23

ESPN's Ed Werder has an update on Williams:

Updates from Monday, Sept. 22

Ron Rivera spoke about DeAngelo Williams' status (via Black and Blue Review):

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 21

The Panthers confirmed that DeAngelo Williams is out for Sunday's game vs. Pittsburgh:

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#Panthers inactives: 14 Webb, 33 Boston, 34 D. Williams, 43 Whittaker 63 Foucault, 68 Norwell, 82 Cotchery

— Panthers PR Dept. (@PanthersPR) September 21, 2014"

Updates from Friday, Sept. 19

Joe Person of The Charlotte Observer, USA Today's Jim Corbett and ESPN's David Newton had the latest on Williams' status:

Steve Reed of The Associated Press reports reason for optimism:

Black and Blue Review has an update on DeAngelo Williams:

Updates from Thursday, Sept. 18

Jonathan Jones of The Charlotte Observer reported on DeAngelo Williams from Panthers practice:

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 17

ESPN's David Newton reports DeAngelo Williams status for today's practice:

Updates from Monday, Sept. 15

A day after being inactive against the Bucs, coach Ron Rivera briefly commented on DeAngelo Williams' status, via Panthers.com: "DeAngelo is looking pretty good. We'll see how he is on Wednesday on the practice field."

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 14

The Panthers confirm DeAngelo Williams' status for Week 2:

Updates from Friday, Sept. 12

ESPN's Ed Werder delivered bad news on DeAngelo Williams' status:

The Carolina Panthers pass along an update on Williams' status:

David Newton of ESPN provides an update on Williams' thigh:

Original Text

Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams missed practice on Thursday due to a thigh injury.

Steve Reed of The Associated Press reported the news on Twitter:

Jonathan Jones of The Charlotte Observer noted the absence of Williams on the field during practice:

Panthers coach Ron Rivera also added more about Williams' situation, via Max Henson of Panthers.com:

In the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Williams finished with 14 carries for 72 yards. The ninth-year player had 201 attempts for 843 yards and three touchdowns during the 2013 season.

Running backs coach Jim Skipper referenced Williams and teammate Jonathan Stewart's health and expectations, per David Newton of ESPN.com:

"It's all there," he said. "Oh, these guys, they really haven't lost a step. If anything, they've gained overall experience so that's got to enhance their overall game. It's good to see these guys all healthy and back at it."

The status of Williams moving forward is unknown at this point. If he is forced to miss time, more responsibility will be placed on Stewart, who typically splits carries with Williams.

Stewart had just nine carries for 20 yards in the Week 1 matchup against the Buccaneers but could be the workhorse if Williams is out. Having a limited backfield could be troubling for the Panthers going against a Detroit Lions defense that ranked sixth in rushing defense in 2013.

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