Caleb Williams on Texas comeback: ‘There’s no way I’m coming out again’

Caleb Williams got his first taste as a collegiate starter for Oklahoma during last season’s Red River Rivalry showdown against the Texas Longhorns.

Lincoln Riley opted to put Williams in the game as the Sooners trailed mightily in second quarter. Williams made the most of the opportunity and on fourth-and-one, took a quarterback draw to the house for 66 yards. While Spencer Rattler, the starter at the time, came back in after that, he struggled.

So in the second half, Williams got his number called again and went on to lead the Sooners to a monumental comeback victory, cementing himself as the starter for 2021.

“It was a very exciting moment and then I was like, there’s no way I’m coming out again,” Caleb Williams recently shared about his breakout performance.

“There’s no way I’m going to allow anything like that to happen. I worked too hard for it, and had been wanting it and searching for it and things like that. And I got the opportunity and made the most of it, so it was pretty cool.”

Williams continued to lead Oklahoma as the starting signal caller in 2021 and wrapped up the season with an impressive 1,912 yards with 21 touchdowns and just four interceptions through the air, while adding another 79 rushes for 442 yards and 6 touchdowns on the ground.

Caleb Williams on how trust in the USC offense has grown this offseason 

While USC had spent the past month-and-a-half going through its spring practice period, the Trojans wrapped it up with their annual spring football game on Saturday at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. As USC fans had the chance to see their new-look team in action for the first time under new head coach Lincoln Riley, they were also able to see quarterback Caleb Williams on the field for his debut. 

After making the decision to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal and ultimately leave Oklahoma after a successful year, Williams has now reunited with Riley – his former coach at OU – and is ready to help lead his new team 2022. Now that he’s in Los Angeles, there’s been plenty of spotlight on Williams – and Trojans’ fans had to have liked what they saw out of him on Saturday. 

In his first outing in front of 33,427 Trojans’ fans, Caleb Williams completed 10-of-12 passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns to lead the offense to a 34-30 win over the defense. Both of Williams’ touchdown throws went to wide receiver Mario Williams, who also transferred to USC from Oklahoma. 

As Caleb Williams and the USC offense performed quite well on Saturday, the quarterback was asked after the spring game how his trust in the unit has grown over the past couple of months.