On the eve of the NFL draft, Caleb Williams can see his future as a Bear: ‘I’m ready for the moment’
DETROIT — Caleb Williams had one rule for participants in Wednesday morning’s Play Football Prospect Clinic with Special Olympics athletes: If you score, you dance. Non-negotiable. And make it memorable. “I mean, football is about having fun,” Williams said with a smile inside the Corner Ballpark facility on the site of the old Tiger Stadium. That’s a philosophy Williams likely will carry with ...
by Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune
Apr 24, 2024
4 minutes
DETROIT — Caleb Williams had one rule for participants in Wednesday morning’s Play Football Prospect Clinic with Special Olympics athletes: If you score, you dance.
Non-negotiable. And make it memorable.
“I mean, football is about having fun,” Williams said with a smile inside the Corner Ballpark facility on the site of the old Tiger Stadium.
That’s a philosophy Williams likely will carry with him into the NFL and into Halas Hall when he arrives as the new Chicago Bears quarterback at the end of this week. The Bears are expected to draft Williams with the No. 1 pick a little after 7 p.m. Thursday, and the hope is before long he’ll become the emcee of many an end-zone dance party.
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