Caleb Williams is officially a USC Trojan.
When his head coach, Lincoln Riley, left Oklahoma for USC and Williams entered the transfer portal, Los Angeles became the most logical location for the quarterback to end up.
Williams began the season as Oklahoma’s backup behind preseason Heisman Trophy favorite Spencer Rattler. But when Texas took a 38-20 halftime lead over the Sooners in the Red River Rivalry, Riley inserted Williams into the game.
He became the full-time starter one week later.
Williams led the Sooners to a 55-48 victory in Dallas, throwing for 212 yards and two touchdowns while running for another 88 yards and a score in just over one half of play.
The signal-caller finished the season with 1,912 yards passing to go along with 21 touchdowns and four interceptions. He added 442 yards and six scores on the ground.
After announcing his transfer, Williams’ 2022 Heisman odds dropped from +1200 to +800 at PointsBet.
That drop in odds makes sense considering who his coach will be again.
In his five seasons at Oklahoma, Riley coached Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray to back-to-back Heisman Trophy awards in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Another Riley-coached quarterback, Jalen Hurts, finished second in Heisman voting behind LSU’s Joe Burrow in 2019.