Caleb Williams admires Mario Williams for improved confidence

USC stars Caleb Williams and Mario Williams have shown their chemistry carried over from Oklahoma. They were two of the Trojans’ highest-profile transfer portal additions this offseason, and they’ve picked up right where they left off in Norman.

Mario Williams ranks second on the Trojans with 493 receiving yards and four touchdowns, already topping his total receiving yards from last year. He’s living up to the billing after coming in as the No. 39 transfer this offseason, according to the 2021 On3 Transfer Portal Rankings, and it seems like he’s settling in well to the No. 2 receiver role behind fellow transfer Jordan Addison.

Caleb Williams thinks so, as well.

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“Mario’s a lot more confident,” Caleb Williams said. “He’s been in the system, so he kind of knows what I want. He’ll ask me a couple questions sometimes. I’ll start to answer and he’ll finish what I’m saying. He’s like, ‘yeah, I got it,’ and he’ll go out there and he’ll go out there and we’re on point. It’s been awesome. It’s been a pleasure being able to go out there and play ball with him for our second year.”

Caleb Williams says USC needed to face adversity

For the first time this season, USC is down in the trenches. The Trojans have spent the better part of a week and a half mulling over their first loss of the season to Utah.

While it cost them their goal of an undefeated season, though, Caleb Williams sees one way it can be a positive in the long run.

Williams spoke about the adversity that he and his team have faced this week following the 43-42 defeat in Salt Lake City during his media session after practice on Wednesday. In the end, he believes it makes them better because it makes them a better story. Nothing good ever came easily and, now that they’re no longer unblemished, he’s excited to see how the Trojans finish the story of this season.

“One of our coaches said, ‘It can’t be a great book story without some adversity in it’. That’s what makes a great story and a great book,” Williams said. “That’s kind of the message that we’ve been giving the guys and myself. Can’t make a great book or a great story without a little adversity.”