Summer is a great time for catching up on books you’ve always wanted to read, and NFL players are no different.

ESPN’s Tim McManus asked a few NFL players what books they were reading this offseason, including Los Angeles Rams defensive backs Quentin Lake and Ahkello Witherspoon. While their answers weren’t as ridiculous as some (Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Leonard Williams is reading “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy), the duo still offered interesting reads for the summer.

Lake is reading two books: “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell and “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene.

“I like [‘Outliers’] because it kind of shows you that if you grow up or if you’re in a certain type of environment, it can really allow you to thrive,” Lake told McManus. “Now, ’48 Laws of Power,’ I like that book a lot because it gives you rules. Now you don’t take it literally, but there are certain things you can look at and it’s like, ‘Hey, how can I use my position that I’m in right now as an advantage to either elevate myself or get myself out of trouble?'”

Witherspoon, meanwhile, is reading “James” by Percival Everett and “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr.

Lake and Witherspoon will be two of the most important players in the Rams’ secondary this season. L.A. didn’t add any new pieces to the unit in the offseason so far between the draft and free agency and also didn’t acquire Jalen Ramsey in a trade.

Hopefully, the duo will learn enough from their reading to take their games to the next level in 2025.

This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Rams players have interesting summer reads ahead of 2025 season