USC's Caleb Williams faces two obstacles in his pursuit of Heisman Trophy history, ex-QB Jesse Palmer says

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Caleb Williams started his pursuit of a second Heisman Trophy with a four-touchdown performance against San Jose State in USC’s 56-28 win.

Only Archie Griffin has won two Heisman awards during his collegiate career. 

The Ohio State star running back won the award in 1974 and 1975. No one has repeated the feat.

Jesse Palmer, the former Florida Gators quarterback, told Fox News Digital he sees two hurdles for Williams to overcome if he is going to pursue another Heisman.

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USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams celebrates after a touchdown pass during a game against the San Jose State Spartans Aug. 26, 2023, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It’s so hard," Palmer said. "I think the two biggest things for him: One, I think he’s playing at potentially the second-best conference in college football. When you look top to bottom — USC, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Oregon State — there’s a lot of good teams.

"And part of the reason why we don’t see Pac-12 teams reach the College Football Playoff very often — we haven’t seen it since Washington — that’s because there’s a lot of attrition, a lot of parity and teams knock each other off. Could that happen again? And could that (deter) Caleb Williams’ chances of reaching?

"The other thing is just complacency. Honestly, I think in today’s modern college football, we see a lot of the best players — and he’s considered to be a lock to be the first overall pick in next year’s draft — guys protect themselves late in the year. Guys opt out of games. There’s NIL money coming in. People