Caleb Williams

PRO CAREER: Enters his third season in Chicago in 2026…Drafted by the Bears first overall in the 2024 NFL Draft...Has started and played in 34 career regular season games, and two postseason games…Has completed 681-of-1130 career passes for 7,483 passing yards with 47 passing touchdowns and a 89.0 passer rating…His 1.2% career interception percentage, the lowest among all NFL QBs with at least 1,000 career passing attempts.

HONORS:

2025: Week 3 NFC Offensive Player of the Week

2025 SEASON (BEARS): Started in all 17 regular season games...Went 330-of-568 passing (58.1%) for 3,942 yards with 27 touchdowns and a passer rating of 90.1...Set a Bears franchise single-season record with 3,942 passing yards...Also has 77 rushing attempts for 388 yards (5.0 avg.) and three rushing touchdowns, as well as two receptions for 22 yards (11.0 avg.) and one receiving touchdown...Recorded his first career rushing touchdown on the opening drive of the season against the Vikings in Week 1, also completed his first 10 pass attempts, the most consecutive completions by a Bears QB in a season-opening matchup since at least 1978...In Week 3, completed 19-of-28 pass attempts for 298 yards and four passing TDs with zero interceptions, registering a career-high 142.6 passer rating...Connected with WR Luther Burden III on a 65-yard touchdown pass, the longest pass completion of his career...With his eighth passing TD of the season in Week 4, tied for the third-most by a Bears QB through the first four games of a single season in team history...Completed 25-of-38 passes in Week 8 at the Ravens, setting a franchise record for most pass completions in a passer's first two seasons in Bears history...In Week 9 at the Bengals, became the first player in NFL history with at least 275 passing yards, 50 rushing yards and 20 receiving yards in a single game, and became the first starting QB with two receptions in a game since 1953 (Baltimore Colts QB George Taliaferro)...Became the first Bears QB to register multiple passing TDs and at least one receiving TD in a single game since 1985 (McMahon)...Registered his fifth fourth-quarter comeback this season in Week 11 at the Vikings, the most in a single season by any Bears QB in franchise history...In Week 12 against the Steelers, threw for three TD passes and zero INTs, registering a 104.3 passer rating and marking his fourth career game with at least three passing TDs and zero INTs, the third most by any QB in Bears history...In Week 16 against the Packers, registered his sixth fourth-quarter comeback victory of the season, tying HOF QB Peyton Manning for the most fourth-quarter comebacks in a single season by a QB under the age of 25 in NFL history...In Week 18 against the Lions, threw for 212 yards and two TDs as well as reaching 3,942 passing yards on the year, the most by any Bears QB in a single season in franchise history...Made his postseason debut in the NFC Wild Card Round victory over the Packers, setting the franchise record for most passing yards in a postseason game with 361 passing yards and two touchdown passes...Led his seventh fourth-quarter comeback of the season, setting the NFL record for most fourth-quarter comebacks by an QB in their first two seasons (postseason included) in league history...In the NFC Divisional Round matchup against the Rams, completed 23-of-42 pass attempts for 257 yards and two TDs, as his 618 passing yards and four passing TDs in the 2025 postseason each ranked as the second-most all-time in a single postseason in Bears history.

2024 SEASON (BEARS): Started all 17 games going 351-of-562 (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-of-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...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, becoming the fourth rookie in NFL history to tally four passing TDs and 50+ rushing yards in a game...In Week 11, 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, 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.

TRANSACTIONS:

04/25/2024: Drafted by the Bears in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft (No. 1 overall)

COLLEGE: Over three seasons of collegiate action at the University of Southern California (2022-23) and the University of Oklahoma (2021), Williams started 33-of-37 games under center, completion 735-of-1,099 passes (66.9 pct.) for 9,782 yards and 93 touchdowns, adding 966 yards on 289 carries and 27 touchdowns on the ground...Recipient of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, which is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football, following his 2022 campaign...Finished first season with the Trojans (2022) by becoming one of the most accomplished passers in program history, setting single-season program records with his 333 pass completions for 4,537 yards and 42 passing touchdowns, as his 4,919 yards of total offense and 52 total scrimmage touchdowns were also the most by any player in season in the history of the program...In his second season, completed a career-best 68.6 percent of his passes (266-of-388)...Ranked fifth nationally in passing efficiency (168.5, first in Pac-12) and total offense (351.4) and seventh in yards per pass attempt (9.07, first in Pac-12)...382 rushing yards were also the most by a Trojan quarterback in the last 70 years when complete records were first available...Compiled an 18-8 record as a starter at USC, completing 599-of-888 (67.5 pct.) passing attempts for 8,170 yards with 72 touchdowns over his two seasons...Started his collegiate career at the University of Oklahoma (2021), starting seven games for the Sooners as a true freshman in 2021...After arriving on the scene by leading the Sooners to a victory over Texas in the Red River Rivalry, went on to accumulate 1,670 passing yards and 18 passing touchdowns, the most ever by a true freshman in program history...Capped his first collegiate season with second-team All-Big 12 Conference honors...Finished career with a 6.6 TD-INT ratio, the second-best mark in the FBS in 25 years (min. 1,000 attempts).

PERSONAL: Attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. ...Despite not playing a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was ranked as the nation's No. 1 player by SI All-American...Was a two-time (2018-19) All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference selection, winning MVP honors in 2019...As a junior, threw for 1,770 yards and 19 touchdowns while rushing for 838 yards and 18 scores...As a sophomore, was named Gatorade District of Columbia Football Player of the Year and a MaxPreps Sophomore All-American after passing for 2,624 yards and 26 touchdowns...Created the Caleb Cares Foundation, which dedicates energy and resources to causes like anti-bullying, mental health awareness and youth development...Majored in communications.