Caleb Williams has taken an unconventional path to college stardom, and he could do the same thing in the NFL, with his father saying there's no guarantee the USC quarterback declares for the draft.
That's a far cry from what had been planned. When his son was being recruited, Carl Williams asked schools what plan they had for his son to be the first pick in the 2024 draft.
Now that the draft is a season away and teams like the Arizona Cardinals are poised to have the first pick, Carl's not so sure. «The funky thing about the NFL draft process is, he'd almost be better off not being drafted than being drafted first,» Carl Williams said in a recent interview for GQ. «The system is completely backwards.
The way the system is constructed, you go to the worst possible situation. The worst possible team, the worst organization in the league — because of their desire for parity — gets the first pick.