
Quarterback, USC (from Oklahoma), 2021–23
Caleb Williams
Lettered 2022–23 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Class (2023)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Washington, DC
- Born
- Nov 18, 2001, in Washington, D.C.
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Caleb Williams played quarterback at Oklahoma (2021) and USC (2022–23). He won the 2022 Heisman Trophy, the 2022 Maxwell Award and the 2022 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2022. The Chicago Bears took Williams first overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
470passing yards, career highat UCLA, 20226touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at Colorado, 202388rushing yards, career highvs. Texas, 20213rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Arizona, 2023Honors
- 2022Heisman Trophy
- 2021Second-team All-Big 12
- 2022Maxwell Award
- 2022Walter Camp Award
- 2022AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2022Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 2022Consensus All‑American
- 2022Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2022National leader in passing touchdowns (42)
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 232 | 0.60 | 99th (n=145) | 0.33 | 140.5 | 43% | 0.75 | 0.47 |
| 2022 | USC | 616 | 0.51 | 97th (n=250) | 0.32 | 315.1 | 62% | 0.59 | 0.46 |
| 2023 | USC | 478 | 0.46 | 80th (n=255) | 0.32 | 221.2 | 62% | 0.65 | 0.38 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2023 USC 12 games, 3,633 passing yards, 30 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | vs. | W 56–28 | 18 | 25 | 278 | 4 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 66–14 | 18 | 24 | 319 | 5 | 0 | 42 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 56–10 | 19 | 21 | 281 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Sep 23 | at | W 42–28 | 20 | 31 | 322 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Sep 30 | at | W 48–41 | 30 | 40 | 403 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Oct 7 | vs. | W 43–41 | 14 | 25 | 219 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Oct 14 | at | L 20–48 | 23 | 37 | 199 | 1 | 3 | −8 |
| Oct 21 | vs. | L 32–34 | 24 | 34 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Oct 28 | at | W 50–49 | 23 | 40 | 369 | 2 | 0 | −13 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | L 42–52 | 27 | 35 | 312 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Nov 11 | at | L 27–36 | 19 | 34 | 291 | 1 | 0 | −11 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | L 20–38 | 31 | 42 | 384 | 1 | 1 | −20 |
2022 USC 14 games, 4,535 passing yards, 42 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 66–14 | 19 | 22 | 249 | 2 | 0 | 68 |
| Sep 10 | at | W 41–28 | 20 | 27 | 341 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 45–17 | 25 | 37 | 284 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | at | W 17–14 | 16 | 36 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 42–25 | 27 | 37 | 348 | 3 | 1 | 44 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 30–14 | 15 | 29 | 188 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Oct 15 | at | L 42–43 | 25 | 42 | 381 | 5 | 0 | 57 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 45–37 | 31 | 45 | 411 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 41–35 | 26 | 41 | 360 | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 55–17 | 14 | 26 | 268 | 3 | 1 | −4 |
| Nov 19 | at | W 48–45 | 32 | 43 | 470 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 38–27 | 18 | 22 | 232 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Dec 2 | vs. | L 24–47 | 28 | 41 | 363 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 45–46 | 36 | 51 | 460 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
2021 Oklahoma 11 games, 1,912 passing yards, 21 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 40–35 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 76–0 | 5 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Oct 2 | at | W 37–31 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Oct 9 | vs. | W 55–48 | 16 | 25 | 212 | 2 | 0 | 88 |
| Oct 16 | vs. | W 52–31 | 18 | 23 | 295 | 4 | 0 | 66 |
| Oct 23 | at | W 35–23 | 15 | 20 | 178 | 2 | 1 | 70 |
| Oct 30 | vs. | W 52–21 | 23 | 30 | 402 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 13 | at | L 14–27 | 9 | 18 | 142 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 28–21 | 8 | 18 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 67 |
| Nov 27 | at | L 33–37 | 20 | 39 | 252 | 3 | 0 | 36 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | W 47–32 | 21 | 27 | 242 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2024 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅛″ |
| Weight | 214 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| Wingspan | 75⅞″W |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 36 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 351 | 562 | 3,541 | 20 | 6 | 489 |
| 2025 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 330 | 568 | 3,942 | 27 | 7 | 388 |
| 2026 (so far) | Chicago Bears | 2 | 36 | 55 | 407 | 2 | 1 | 107 |
| NFL career | 36 | 717 | 1,185 | 7,890 | 49 | 14 | 984 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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