Caleb Williams

PRO CAREER:

• Enters his second season with the Bears in 2025
• Drafted by the Bears in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft (No. 1 overall)

2024 SEASON (BEARS):

• Started all 17 games going 351-62 (62.5%) for 3,541 yards with 20 touchdowns, six interceptions and a passer rating of 87.8
• Had 81 rushing attempts for 489 yards (6.0 avg.)…His 4,030 total yards (passing plus rushing) were a Bears franchise record
• His six interceptions were tied for the fewest in Bears history (min. 10 starts) and the fourth fewest by a rookie in NFL history (min. 13 starts)
• His season ranked first in attempts, second in completions, fourth in completion percentage, fifth in passing yards and 12th in passing touchdowns in Bears single season history, all were Bears rookie records…Became the first Bears rookie quarterback to win the season opener since at least 1950
• Opened Week 2 by completing each of his first seven pass attempts, becoming the first Bears rookie quarterback since Jim McMahon (Dec. 19, 1982, seven) to open a game with at least seven-straight completions
• In Week 3 he passed for 363 yards setting a new Bears rookie single game record and added on a pair of touchdown passes
• 213 of those yards came in the first half, also a Bears rookie record (since at least 1978)
• In Week 4 went 17-23 for a completion percentage of 73.9, the third best single game mark by a Bears rookie quarterback since at least 1970 (min. 20 att.)
• In Week 5 had a passer rating of 126.2, the highest by a Bears rookie since at least 1970
• He became the first Bears passer to have a 100+ rating in back-to-back weeks since 2017
• Became the first quarterback selected first-overall in the Common Draft Era to win each of their first three home games
• Had four passing touchdowns in Week 6 becoming the first Bears rookie to have three plus passing touchdowns in a game since 1999
• With the win in Week 6 became the first No. 1 overall pick in the common draft era to win four of his first six starts
• Adding to his Week 6 passing numbers he rushed for 56 yards, he is the fourth rookie in NFL history to tally four passing TDs and 50+ rushing yards in a game
• In Week 11 he went 23-of-31 good for a 74.2 completion percentage, the fourth highest in a game by a Bears rookie since at least 1970 (min 20 att.)
• His 340 passing yards in Week 12 are second only to his own performance in Week 3 for most passing yards in a single game by a Bears rookie
• In Week 13 reached 232 consecutive pass attempts without throwing an interception breaking both the Bears franchise record and the NFL rookie record for the longest such streak
• In Week 15 extended his attempts without an interception streak to 286 passes
• Extended his streak of games without an interception to seven games, an NFL rookie record
• With 334 passing yards in Week 16 he moved his season total to 3,271 becoming the first Bears rookie to surpass 3,000 passing yards
• Went his first 27 attempts without throwing an interception in Week 17 moving his streak to 353 consecutive attempts, the fourth longest single season streak in NFL history