USC's Caleb Williams Wins Maxwell Award and Named Walter Camp Player of the Year

LOS ANGELES--USC quarterback Caleb Williams has been named the Maxwell Award Winner and the Walter Camp Player of the Year. These awards were announced tonight (Dec. 8) during the Home Depot College Football Awards broadcast on ESPN.

The Maxwell Award is presented to the best player in college football. Williams is the fourth Trojan to earn this honor. Each Trojan that has earned the Maxwell Award has also won the Heisman Trophy that same year: O.J. Simpson (1968), Charles White (1979) and Marcus Allen (1981). Eligible voters for the Maxwell Award include Maxwell Football Club members, NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision head football coaches, sports information directors and selected national media.

The other finalists for the 2022 Maxwell Award were quarterbacks C.J. Stroud (Ohio State) and Hendon Hooker (Tennessee).

The Walter Camp Player of the Year is presented to the top individual in college football by the Walter Camp Foundation. It is voted on by the nation's 131 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. Williams is the seventh USC player to win the prestigious honor and the first since Reggie Bush (2005).

Other finalists for the 2022 Walter Camp Player of Year award included quarterbacks Max Duggan (TCU), C.J. Stroud (Ohio State) and Hendon Hooker (Tennessee) along with running back Blake Corum (Michigan).

These two awards are just the latest of the many national recognitions that Williams has received. He is a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, the Manning Award and was a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award. He has been named the AP Player of the Year, the CBS Sports Player of the Year and has been selected to a multitude of All-American First Teams (Walter Camp, CBS, The Athletic, PFF). Williams was the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and earned placement on the Allstate Good Works Team for his philanthropic efforts.

Williams has been instrumental in successfully turning around a program that went 4-8 in the 2021 season to a 11-2 team in 2022. The 7-victory increase from last season matches the biggest one-season turnaround in USC history. The other 7-game improvement was when the 1962 National Champion Trojans won 11 games after winning only 4 in the 1961 season.

Through 13 games, Williams has dazzled the nation with his elusive moves, his powerful arm and his thrilling runs. He has 47 TDs and 4 INTs. He is 296-for-448 (.661) for 4,075 yards. Williams has also rushed for 372 yards on 109 carries with 10 TDs. He has accounted for 47 total touchdowns (both passing and running) in 13 games. He broke the previous school record of 41 by Matt Barkley (2011) and Cody Kessler (2014).

Williams now has 4,447 total offensive yards in 2022, which ranks first on USC's single-season list (Sam Darnold previously held the record with 4,225 total yards in 2017). His 372 rushing yards this season is also the most by a USC QB in the last 70 years since complete records were available. The previous record was 342 by Jim Sears in 1952. Williams leads USC with 10 rushing TDs on the season.

Williams is No. 1 in the nation in in passing TDs (37). He is also No. 1 in the nation in points responsible for per game (21.7) and points responsible for (282).

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