Person in history
Caleb Williams
Caleb Williams, American football player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2001 · November 18
- Age this year
- 25No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- American football player. Citizenship: United States
- Born
- 25th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Caleb Williams is an American professional football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Oklahoma Sooners, he played for the USC Trojans, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2022 and setting single season school records in passing yards and touchdowns.
Early life
Early life Williams was born on November 18, 2001 in Washington, D.C. , later attending Gonzaga College High School , where he played high school football . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Williams is of Black and Native American descent. [ 3 ] He is a member of the Piscataway-Conoy Tribe of Maryland . [ 4 ] As a sophomore in 2018, Williams led Gonzaga to a WCAC Championship on a game winning Hail Mary pass as time expired. [ 5 ]
Path and career
Awards / honours: Heisman Trophy.
Professional career NFL draft Pre-draft measurables Height Weight Arm length Hand span Wingspan 6 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 8  in (1.86 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 32 in (0.81 m) 9 + 3 ⁄ 4  in (0.25 m) 6 ft 3 + 7 ⁄ 8  in (1.93 m) All values from the NFL Combine [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Williams was widely projected to be one of the first players selected in the 2024 NFL draft and the top quarterback in the draft class. [ 3 ]
Career statistics NFL Legend Led the league Bold Career high Regular season Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks Fumbles GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A Lng TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg Lng TD Sck SckY Fum Lost 2024 CHI 17 17 5–12 351 562 62.5 3,541 6.3 47 20 6 87.8 81 489 6.0 24 0 68 466 10 5 2025 CHI 17 17 11–6 330 568 58.1 3,942 6.9 65 27 7 90.1 77 388 5.0 29 3 24 165 9 1 2026 CHI 1 1 1–0 21 29 72.4 269 9.3 47 2 0 124.1 10 65 6.5 29 2 2 8 0 0 Career 35 35 17–18 702 1,159 60.6 7,752 6.7 65 49 13 89.8 168 942 5.6 29…
Career highlights Awards and honors NFL NFL Moment of the Year ( 2025 ) NFC Offensive Player of the Week: Week 3, 2025 [ 1 ] FedEx Air & Ground Player of the Week : Week 6, 2024 ; [ 2 ] Week 1, 2026 [ 3 ] NFL Top 100 : 51st ( 2026 ) College Heisman Trophy (2022) Maxwell Award (2022) Walter Camp Award (2022) AP College Football Player of the Year (2022) SN College Football Player of the Year (2022) Unanimous All-American ( 2022 ) NCAA passing touchdowns leader (2022) Pac-12 Offensive Player…
Why this date
Caleb Williams appears on our November 18 calendar for 2001 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2001.
- September 15Championship Auto Racing Teams
- September 17New York Stock Exchange
- September 18Anthrax
- September 17George W. Bush
- November 1Turkey
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2001Anthony VolpeApril 28
- 2001Chosen JacobsJuly 1
- 2001Hamiso Tabuai-FidowSeptember 5
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- 2001Franz WagnerAugust 27
- 2001Breece HallMay 31
Sources
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“Caleb Williams”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/caleb-williams, accessed October 26, 2026.
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Questions about Caleb Williams
When was Caleb Williams born?
November 18 2001.
How old would Caleb Williams be today?
25 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on November 18?
Jacob Bryson, Akiyuki Hashimoto, Bernhard Luxbacher and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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