Caleb Williams (American football)
Caleb Williams (born November 18, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the USC Trojans. Williams started his collegiate career with the Oklahoma Sooners in 2021 before transferring to USC in 2022. High school career. Williams attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. As a junior in 2019, he passed for 1,770 yards with 19 touchdowns and rushed for 838 yards with 18 touchdowns. His high school did not play football his senior year in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, he was named the Elite 11 finals MVP. A five-star recruit , 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 17-35 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. He finished his freshman year with 21 passing touchdowns, 6 rushing touchdowns, and only 4 interceptions. USC. On January 3, 2022, Williams entered the transfer portal, and on February 1, Williams announced that he had transferred to USC, reuniting him with head coach Lincoln Riley.