Caleb Williams facts for kids
Williams with Oklahoma in 2021
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||
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| Born: | November 18, 2001 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Gonzaga College (Washington, D.C.) | ||
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| NFL Draft: | 2024 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||
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| Roster status: | Unsigned draft pick | ||
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Caleb Sequan Williams (born November 18, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and USC Trojans and was selected first overall by the Bears in the 2024 NFL draft. Williams won the Heisman Trophy and several other awards with USC in 2022 after throwing for over 4,500 yards with 52 total touchdowns, the latter being a single-season school record.
Early years
Williams was born on November 18, 2001, in Washington, D.C., later attending Gonzaga College High School. As a sophomore in 2018, he led Gonzaga to a WCAC Championship as the best team in the District, and was named Washington Post All-Metropolitan 1st team and Washington, D.C. Gatorade Football Player of the Year after he passed for 2,624 passing yards with 26 touchdowns and rushed for 394 yards and 10 touchdowns. As a junior in 2019, he was named Washington Post All-Metropolitan 1st team for the second consecutive year after he passed for 1,770 yards with 19 touchdowns and rushed for 838 yards with 18 touchdowns. He was named the Elite 11 finals MVP the following summer. In 2020, his senior season was cancelled due to COVID-19. The highest-rated quarterback prospect of his class, Williams committed to play college football at the University of Oklahoma.
College career
Oklahoma
Williams entered his true freshman season at Oklahoma in 2021 as the backup to Spencer Rattler, before assuming the role as starting quarterback midway through the Sooners' rivalry game with the Texas Longhorns in the team's sixth game of the season. In that game, Oklahoma was down 35–17 before Williams replaced Rattler and led the Sooners to a 55–48 victory. He finished with 212 passing yards, 2 passing touchdowns, 88 yards rushing, and a rushing touchdown. Williams made his first start the following week, against Texas Christian University, and threw for 295 yards, four touchdowns, and rushed for 66 yards and a rushing touchdown as Oklahoma won 52–31. In 7 games he finished his freshman year with 21 passing touchdowns, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 4 interceptions.
USC
On January 3, 2022, Williams entered the transfer portal, and on February 1, he announced that he had transferred to USC, reuniting him with head coach Lincoln Riley, who had been the head coach for the Sooners before being hired away by the Trojans the previous November. Williams was named the starter on August 25 and team captain on August 31. In his first start against Rice, he went 19/22 with 249 yards and two touchdowns, as USC won 66–14. He became the AP College Football Player of the Year, USC's first winner since Reggie Bush in 2005, and was named the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner.
Williams and the Trojans went 7–5 in 2023 during the regular season, throwing for 3,333 yards with 31 passing and 11 rushing touchdowns. He declared for the 2024 NFL draft following the season, finishing his college career throwing for nearly 10,000 yards with 120 total touchdowns.
College statistics
| Season | School | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 11 | 7 | 5–2 | 136 | 211 | 64.5 | 1,912 | 9.1 | 21 | 4 | 169.6 | 79 | 442 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 2022 | USC | 14 | 14 | 11–3 | 333 | 500 | 66.6 | 4,537 | 9.1 | 42 | 5 | 168.5 | 113 | 382 | 3.4 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 7–5 | 266 | 388 | 68.6 | 3,333 | 8.6 | 30 | 5 | 170.1 | 97 | 142 | 1.5 | 11 | |
| Career | 37 | 33 | 23–10 | 735 | 1099 | 66.9 | 9,782 | 9.2 | 93 | 14 | 169.3 | 289 | 966 | 3.3 | 27 | |
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand size | |||||||||
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| 6 ft 1+1⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
214 lb (97 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) |
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| All values from NFL Combine | ||||||||||||
Williams was selected first overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2024 NFL draft. The Bears previously acquired this pick along with wide receiver D. J. Moore in a trade that sent the first overall pick (which the Carolina Panthers used to draft Bryce Young) in the 2023 NFL draft.
See also
In Spanish: Caleb Williams (fútbol americano) para niños
