Caleb Williams in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
4,535
Passing yards, 2022 (USC, 11–⁠3)
Best game
411 yards
At Arizona, week 9, 2022: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2022
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 2024 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

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, 2023

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2021Oklahoma13621164.51,9129.1214
2022USC33249966.54,5359.1425
2023USC26638868.63,6339.4305
Career7341,09866.810,0809.29314

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021Oklahoma794425.6674
2022USC1133823.41059
2023USC991151.21146
Career2919393.22774

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Oklahoma13QBFr.
2022USC13QBSo.
2023USC13QBJr.6′1″215

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2021Oklahoma2320.6099th (n=145)0.33140.543%0.750.47
2022USC6160.5197th (n=250)0.32315.162%0.590.46
2023USC4780.4680th (n=255)0.32221.262%0.650.38

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
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 26vs.San José StateW 56–⁠28182527840−2
Sep 2vs.NevadaW 66–⁠1418243195042
Sep 9vs.StanfordW 56–⁠1019212813021
Sep 23atArizona StateW 42–⁠2820313223010
Sep 30atColoradoW 48–⁠4130404036112
Oct 7vs.ArizonaW 43–⁠4114252191041
Oct 14atNotre DameL 20–⁠48233719913−8
Oct 21vs.UtahL 32–⁠3424342560027
Oct 28atCaliforniaW 50–⁠49234036920−13
Nov 4vs.WashingtonL 42–⁠5227353123016
Nov 11atOregonL 27–⁠36193429110−11
Nov 18vs.UCLAL 20–⁠38314238411−20
2022 USC 14 games, 4,535 passing yards, 42 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.RiceW 66–⁠1419222492068
Sep 10atStanfordW 41–⁠282027341404
Sep 17vs.Fresno StateW 45–⁠172537284201
Sep 24atOregon StateW 17–⁠1416361801027
Oct 1vs.Arizona StateW 42–⁠2527373483144
Oct 8vs.Washington StateW 30–⁠1415291882034
Oct 15atUtahL 42–⁠4325423815057
Oct 29atArizonaW 45–⁠3731454115014
Nov 5vs.CaliforniaW 41–⁠3526413604038
Nov 11vs.ColoradoW 55–⁠17142626831−4
Nov 19atUCLAW 48–⁠4532434702133
Nov 26vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠2718222321035
Dec 2vs.UtahL 24–⁠4728413633121
Jan 2 ✦vs.TulaneL 45–⁠4636514605110
2021 Oklahoma 11 games, 1,912 passing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.TulaneW 40–⁠35–––––1
Sep 11vs.Western CarolinaW 76–⁠0510840060
Oct 2atKansas StateW 37–⁠31111800–
Oct 9vs.TexasW 55–⁠4816252122088
Oct 16vs.TCUW 52–⁠3118232954066
Oct 23atKansasW 35–⁠2315201782170
Oct 30vs.Texas TechW 52–⁠212330402603
Nov 13atBaylorL 14–⁠279181420217
Nov 20vs.Iowa StateW 28–⁠21818871167
Nov 27atOklahoma StateL 33–⁠3720392523036
Dec 29 ✦vs.OregonW 47–⁠3221272423034

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024
Height6′1⅛″
Weight214 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan75⅞″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.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2024Chicago Bears173515623,541206489
2025Chicago Bears173305683,942277388
2026 (so far)Chicago Bears2365540721107
NFL career367171,1857,8904914984

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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