Caleb Williams
Position: QB – Projected: 1st Round (Top 3)
History & Measurables
Born: Nov. 18th, 2001 – Washington D.C., U.S.
High School: Gonzaga College
College: Oklahoma (2021), USC (2022-2023)
Height: 6’1″ Weight: 214 lbs
Traits & Characteristics
The Good
- Elusiveness
- Mobility
- Velocity
- Ball Placement
- Flick of Wrist
The Bad
- Careless with Ball
- Pocket Presence
- Needs to Take Easy Completion
- Hero Ball
Advanced Analytics Notes
- 8 passing touchdowns under pressure (T-5th in FBS)
- 20 passing touchdowns with 2.5 seconds or more to throw (1st in FBS)
- 15 sacks credited (1st in FBS)
- 27 Big-Time throws (7th in FBS)
- 3.16 average time to throw (11th in FBS)
- 84.6 PFF Passing Grade (13th in FBS)
Film Notes and Highlights
Caleb Williams tape will give you the highlights and throw in some lowlights as well. I took a look at mostly his 2023 season, but also watched a game in 2022. I think in 2022 with Jordan Addison there were smaller amounts of the hero ball from Williams, but it did show up occasionally. He is an athlete and so elusive that at times he gets himself in trouble when he should just take the sack or throw it away.
He makes plays similar to Patrick Mahomes and his improvisation is some of the best I have seen in college. Williams progresses through his reads better than I thought he would and has such a quick release. Since he gets away with throwing unconventionally sometimes his fundamentals are off and it can affect accuracy at times. He does throw a pretty deep ball and connects with receivers in stride.
The next step for Williams is taking the easy completions and not treating every play like it has to win the game. USC’s offensive line was not very good last year and the receivers did not get separation. With a better line and defense does he try to be Superman all the time? Only time will tell but I think all the talent is there and he is by far in my eyes the best quarterback in this draft. – Brandon Haye
(Games Watched: vs Oregon 2023, vs Stanford 2023, vs Arizona St 2023, vs Arizona 2023, Utah 2022)
Caleb Williams throwing on the move this accurately simply isn’t fair. pic.twitter.com/zjlnDrjaUW
— Nick Penticoff (@NickPenticoff) April 11, 2024
Player Comparison
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Chicago Bears (No need to say more when he is going there)
Sheldon Hand
Sheldon Hand is an elementary school teacher. He started writing in 2019, and started working with The League Winners in 2021. He has been playing fantasy football for fifteen years, got into dynasty seven years ago and have become a bit obsessed.