Report: Caleb Williams not expected to throw at 2024 NFL Combine

Potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft Caleb Williams is not expected to throw at the NFL Combine, according to a report from Bleacher Report.

Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz reported the news on Sunday night.

Williams will still have the opportunity to throw for scouts at his pro day in the days following the NFL Combine.

The USC quarterback is favored to be the top overall pick in the draft after a highly successful career at USC. Williams won the 2022 Heisman Trophy and stacked together back-to-back big years with the Trojans.

Caleb Williams has earned some lofty comparisons, including to three-time Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes.

One of the big reasons is that both quarterbacks had to contend with middling defenses in college that limited their team outputs and potentially forced them out of their comfort zones.

“Mahomes’ situation at Texas Tech was, I thought, very similar to Caleb’s situation at USC,” the NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah said during a media teleconference. “Pat’s last year at Texas Tech, they were 128th in scoring defense. (In 2023) USC was 121st. (Williams) was constantly chasing points. I thought that led to some of the habits that creeped in a little bit.

“He lost eight games at USC. They gave up an average of 43 points in those games. He was 12-0 when they managed to allow less than 34 points. It’s tough to play quarterback when you’re chasing points like that constantly.”

Williams has the numbers to show for it, though.

During his Heisman Trophy season in 2022, Williams threw for 4,537 yards with a 66.6% completion percentage, tossing 42 touchdowns against just five interceptions. He also ran for 10 touchdowns.

In his three-year college career, Caleb Williams totaled 10,082 passing yards and 93 passing touchdowns, while also rushing for 960 yards and 27 touchdowns.

He’s got some of the same ability to make off-platform throws as Mahomes does. Of course, he won’t get to show that at the NFL Combine.

“You don’t want to compare somebody to the best player on the planet,” Jeremiah said. “But just in terms of how (Williams) kind of plays, with the creativity and a little flair and all the different throws he can make in terms of driving the ball, layering the ball, extending plays. All those things, there are similarities there.”