USC star quarterback and projected first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft Caleb Williams, has drawn many many comparisons to some of the best quarterbacks in the NFL’s history and comments have been made calling him “franchise-altering“.
Now Caleb Williams is drawing comparisons to Aaron Rodgers, future hall of famer, two-time MVP and New York Jets quarterback.
Espn’s Jeremy Fowler has reported that the most compared quarterback to Williams has been Aaron Rodgers.
The only quarterback to receive a Tier 1 grade on every ballot. “He’s a star,” an NFL coordinator said of Williams. Added an NFL personnel director: “From a talent standpoint, he’s in his own class.” Williams’ “rare gifts” make him an exception to the rest of this year’s group, a veteran AFC scout said, because of his high-level instincts, foot quickness and accuracy. He doesn’t have one glaring weakness on which scouts harp. “He makes ‘holy s—‘ throws on a regular basis,” the scout said.
Not all teams were thrilled with Williams’ pre-draft process. He treated the NFL combine as if he were visiting a real estate open house, casually, declining medical exams and doing a few team interviews before leaving Indy. Teams described his interviews as “good, not great” and “relatively engaged” and noted Williams was not in full-blown interview mode like other prospects, though they suspect that’s a byproduct of being a player who knows he’s going No. 1.
Williams’ pro day was “just OK,” according to an AFC exec. “I don’t think he’s had a great spring,” the exec said. “He’s still going first. That’s pretty much a done deal. But while he was a no-brainer three months ago, there’s at least a conversation now. Even still, I think he’s a smart kid, a good kid. He just knows where he’s going.”
Go back to Oklahoma and early USC with [Williams’ No. 1 Trojans receiver in 2022] Jordan Addison and he played on time,” an NFL offensive coach said. “He has that gear and will be willing to do that, I believe. His supporting cast was not as good [in 2023] so he had to make some things happen.
Other Comparisons Williams drew according to scouts, were Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, and Russell Wilson.