Caleb Williams earns Pro Football Focus' True Freshman of the Week, lands on Team of the Week

At this point, it’s becoming routine that Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Caleb Williams will do something extraordinary in a football game. Through the first few weeks of his tenure at the helm for OU, he dazzled with his arm and his legs.

In Oklahoma’s 52-21 win over Texas Tech this past week, Williams showed he has the elite arm talent to carry the Oklahoma Sooners to victory every single week.

On a day where the Oklahoma Sooners running game struggled, Williams was up to the challenge of leading the offense.

After punting on the Sooners’ initial drive, Williams led the Sooners to seven straight scoring drives to run away from the Red Raiders before handing the reins to Spencer Rattler to close the game.

Williams finished 23 of 30 for 402 yards and six touchdowns, becoming the third Oklahoma quarterback to record six passing touchdowns and no interceptions in a game, joining Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray.

Once again, Williams graded out incredibly high per the folks at Pro Football Focus. He was named to their “Team of the Week” for his efforts and won the “True Freshman of the Week” award, yet again by PFF’s Anthony Treash.

The Sooners’ five-star quarterback takes home PFF’s True Freshman of the Week Award for the fourth straight week, thanks to yet another 90.0-plus PFF grade.

Williams earned a 92.8 PFF grade against Texas Tech on first review, the highest of any Power Five quarterback this week. And while he did have one turnover-worthy throw, that was one of just a few mistakes on the day.

The Oklahoma quarterback completed six of his seven deep pass attempts over 20 yards downfield for 218 yards and three touchdowns. He totaled six touchdowns on passes thrown over 10 yards downfield, which is the most by any FBS quarterback in the 2021 season. – Treash, PFF

Williams continues to amaze as Oklahoma’s starting quarterback. It was a fantastic display of downfield accuracy and arm strength as the Sooners made explosive play after explosive play.

With each passing week, Williams continues to cement himself as one of college football’s best players, making a solid case for Heisman consideration.

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By: John Williams
Title: Caleb Williams earns Pro Football Focus' True Freshman of the Week, lands on Team of the Week
Sourced From: soonerswire.usatoday.com/2021/11/01/oklahoma-sooners-football-texas-tech-red-raiderscaleb-williams-earns-pro-football-focus-true-freshman-of-the-week-lands-on-team-of-the-week/
Published Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:00:04 +0000

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