Jameson Williams has breakout game in Lions' OT win vs. Rams - ESPN

DETROIT — Firmly gripping the game ball, an excited Jameson Williams entered the postgame news conference room inside Ford Field for the first time in his career with a huge grin on his face Sunday night.

«I ain't never did this before,» the third-year Detroit Lions receiver told the media room.

Williams was in the spotlight after exploding for a career-best 121 receiving yards off five receptions in Detroit's nail-biting 26-20 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

His previous high was 69 yards at Dallas in Week 17 of last season.

«This just Game 1. I put in a lot of work. I expected to have a big game. Me personally, I expect to have a big game,» Williams said. «I guess this is just big to the world because it's my first one, but I plan to have a lot more. I don't plan on this being the best game of my career. I plan on this just being the start of me being me.»

Williams, the No. 12 pick in 2022, soared into the end zone to celebrate after dusting his defender down the left sideline for an electrifying 52-yard touchdown off a deep pass from Jared Goff at 10:37 in the third quarter.

The touchdown was the longest receiving TD of his career and his second-longest reception, after a 64-yarder last season at Dallas. Coach Dan Campbell said he feels the former Alabama star can hit another gear and continue to grow beyond his big day in the season opener.

«He showed up. I mean, that was a big game to be able to catch some of these and go through it. And the best part of it was he didn't even play his best ball,» Campbell said. «There's still so much to clean up, but it also shows the work that he's put in, and he is improving, and he's an improved player, and he wants it, and he keeps working on it. And he just, he