Caleb Williams reveals why he struck the Heisman pose after scoring on Saturday

USC quarterback Caleb Williams has been in the conversation for the Heisman Trophy for a majority of the college football season, but may have had his Heisman moment in the Trojan latest game versus Notre Dame as he led them to a 38-27 victory. Williams may have agreed, as he struck the Heisman pose a a handful of times during their matchup against the Irish, and he explained exactly why after the game.

“I honestly struck it because a bunch of my teammates was saying do it,” Williams confessed. “After I score I normally just kind of don’t do anything and so they told me to do it and they kept saying it so I ended up doing it in the moment.”

Williams listening to his teammates made him a viral sensation, as he went on to have a career day on the ground rushing for a career-high three touchdowns against Notre Dame. He also added a touchdown pass and 232 yards in the air to his stat line, adding an exclamation mark on his regular season Heisman campaign.

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Williams certainly has a strong case to be this year’s Heisman trophy winner, throwing for 3,712 yards and 34 touchdown passes this season at an efficient rate, completing 65% of his passes and only throwing three interceptions. He’s also rushed for 351 yards and 10 touchdowns this year, leading a one-loss USC team to a Pac-12 Championship game and potential College Football Playoff birth.

“But like coach said, we’ve got a short week and whoever we have we’re coming for because that’s our next one, and we have goals in mind we want to reach,” Williams said.

Time will tell if Williams receives an invite to New York in December, but for now, his eyes are on their conference championship matchup against Utah, who defeated them in their only loss of the season in a one-point loss on in October.

Caleb Williams becomes first USC quarterback in 25 years to rush for three touchdowns

Caleb Williams made history for USC against Notre Dame on Saturday, becoming the first Trojans quarterback in 25 years to rush for three touchdowns.

If you were mesmerized by his play like many were, you may not have noticed, but Williams absolutely stuffed the stat sheet against the Fighting Irish with 267 rushing yards and three trips to the end zone.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE 🤩

Caleb Williams is the first @uscfb quarterback in 25 years to score three rushing touchdowns in a game! pic.twitter.com/YuUbkY6KCH

— ESPN (@espn) November 27, 2022

“WHAT A PERFORMANCE (star-eyes emoji),” tweeted ESPN. “Caleb Williams is the first @uscfb quarterback in 25 years to score three rushing touchdowns in a game!”

It was a Heisman statement for Williams. A College Football Playoff statement for USC. USC is back, and Williams is their leader.

Now, the Trojans simply have one more game to win and they’ll likely clinch their Playoff berth. As for Williams, he’s put some ground between himself and the rest of the nation as far as the Heisman goes, taking advantage of many other contenders watching their season fall off the rails.

Nevertheless, it’ll be more than deserved when Caleb Williams holds that trophy. The man is a star, and he’ll only continue to shine bright.

On3’s Steve Samra contributed to this report