The sophomore, who expects to play in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2 as he recovers from the hamstring pull he suffered in the Pac-12 title game, wants to further cement his legacy while chasing “immort…
LOS ANGELES — On a practical level, Caleb Williams understands. The USC quarterback sees the hardware every day in the dining room of his two-bedroom apartment. He knows it means that USC will eventually retire his No. 13 jersey, and it will sit on the east end of the Coliseum with other Trojan legends.
“I don’t know if it’s really sunk in. I know I have a Heisman sitting in my apartment right now,” Williams said with a laugh that betrayed his disbelief. “I think many years down the line or maybe next year or years to come when they put my jersey up. I think maybe when I stop playing football is when it all sinks in.”
Then as soon as he landed back in L.A. on Monday, he spent the next three days with academic advisers cramming for final exams that had been pushed back to accommodate his schedule.He did get one quiet moment, immediately after the ceremony. He was ushered to a suite reserved for the winner. Head coach Lincoln Riley joined him briefly, sharing how proud he was of the sophomore’s accomplishment.
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