2023 Heisman Trophy Odds: +550 Caleb Williams Back-To-Back?

USC quarterback Caleb Williams is the favorite to win the 2023 Heisman Trophy and in doing so he would become just the second back-to-back winner in college football history.

Williams can become first back-to-back Heisman winner since Archie Griffin in 1975

In his sophomore season at USC, Caleb Williams won the Trojans’ seventh Heisman Trophy after throwing for 4,075 yards with a national co-leading 37 touchdown passes and rushing for another 10 TDs.

He also won the Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards and the 2022 AP Player of the Year honor with a pass completion rate of 66.1% (296-of-448). The 21-year-old was intercepted just four times, whilst his quarterback rating (167.94) was fifth-best and passing yards per game (313.5) ranked sixth-best.

The 6-foot-1 prospect from Washington D.C. was ranked as the nation’s number one player by SI All-American as a 2020 senior quarterback at Gonzaga College High. He originally enrolled at Oklahoma and became the Sooners’ staring QB by mid-season.

He transferred to USC as a sophomore, won the quarterback job and led the Trojans to an 11-2 season after going 4-8 the year prior. Williams broke the USC school record with 4,447 yards in total offense and rushed for 372 yards (the most at USC in over 70 years) on 109 carries with a team-best 10 TDs.

In USC’s final game of the season at the Cotton Bowl Classic, Williams threw for 462 yards and five TDs – both bowl game records in a heartbreaking 46-45 loss to Tulane.

He’s bidding to become the first player to win the Heisman Trophy in consecutive years following Ohio State’s star running back Archie Griffin in 1974-75.

— College Football Report (@CFBRep) August 11, 2023