MarShawn Lloyd Feeling Ready for a Breakout Season After Long Road To Injury Recovery
For the first time since entering the league, MarShawn Lloyd finally feels like himself, and that alone has the Green Bay Packers buzzing. After two seasons derailed by injuries, the young running back not only made it through OTAs and minicamp fully healthy, he did it while flashing the explosiveness that earned him the nickname Jordan Love accidentally revealed to the world: “Yeet Cannon.”
Lloyd didn’t even know the nickname had gone public until he got a text from his girlfriend saying, “Love you, Yeet Cannon. I’m like, ‘Where’d you hear that from?’ She was like, ‘Jordan said something about it.’”
The nickname may be funny, but the meaning behind it, explosiveness, twitch, burst, is exactly what the Packers hope to see on the field this season.
Packers MarShawn Lloyd: A Fully Healthy Offseason for the First Time
Lloyd’s first two years in the NFL were a grind. One game played as a rookie. Zero games last season. A long list of injuries. Constant rehab. Constant setbacks.
This spring was different.
He participated in all nine practices during OTAs and minicamp. No limitations. No missed days. No lingering issues. As he said, “This is my first time that I went through OTAs fully healthy… I was able to actually finally work out the whole time, took no days off.”
That alone is a massive step forward.
The Work Behind the Scenes Paid Off
While on injured reserve last season, Lloyd worked extensively with Dr. John Meyer of the Meyer Institute of Sport, a performance specialist who works with the Clippers and Kings. Lloyd spent the end of the season training with Meyer daily, then continued the program until returning to Green Bay in April.
That work showed up immediately once football drills began. Lloyd said the biggest hurdle wasn’t conditioning, it was cutting, reacting, and moving at full speed in real football situations again. Getting through that without setbacks has given him real confidence for the first time in his career.
Jordan Love Sees Breakout Potential
Love didn’t hold back when talking about Lloyd’s upside. He described him as having “freaky, twitch ability” and said he often catches himself watching Lloyd in practice because of how explosive he looks.
Love added that the key now is simple: staying healthy and getting the chance to show it on Sundays. If that happens, he believes Lloyd can “put the world on notice.”
That’s not empty praise, that’s your franchise quarterback saying he sees something special.
A Much‑Needed Reset Before Training Camp
Lloyd plans to take about a week and a half off before camp starts on July 29, then return to Lambeau to train with tight end Tucker Kraft under Meyer’s virtual supervision. After nonstop rehab and training for two years, he’s looking forward to a brief reset.
As he put it, “I finally get a time where I can take like a week off, get my body back under me, and then rebuild myself back up.”
He’s played just 10 NFL snaps, but for the first time, he’s entering camp healthy, confident, and ready to compete.
The Bottom Line
MarShawn Lloyd has always had the talent. The question was whether he could stay on the field long enough to show it. This offseason, his first fully healthy one, has given him the foundation he’s been missing.
If he stays on this trajectory, the Packers may finally get the explosive playmaker they drafted in 2024.
