The CBA-Defying Plot to Keep Caleb Williams Out of Chicago in the 2024 NFL Draft

Jul 11, 2025

By Joseph Michael Ricco IV A book set to be published in September, American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback, reveals that former University of Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams and his father, Carl Williams, plotted ways to avoid being selected by the Chicago Bears in the 2024 National Football League Draft. Carl Williams warned agents, “Chicago is the place quarterbacks go to die,” and the pair even met with lawyers to explore bypassing the league’s collective barga

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