USC has its new quarterback after Jaxson Dart’s departure

Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams passes the ball throughout a university soccer sport towards Kansas, Oct. 23, 2021, in Lawrence, Kan. Williams introduced Tuesday that he'll switch to USC, the place he'll reunite with head coach Lincoln Riley.

Charlie Riedel, Related Press

Caleb Williams will find yourself the place nearly everybody figured he would.

Williams, the previous Oklahoma Sooners quarterback who stepped into the beginning position halfway by means of the 2021 season, introduced Tuesday on social media that he's transferring to USC.

✌ #FightOnpic.twitter.com/vBSwi86gpb

— Caleb Williams (@CALEBcsw) February 1, 2022

When Williams entered the switch portal in early January, it was extensively figured that he would go to USC, as his head coach at Oklahoma, Lincoln Riley, was employed to guide USC in late November.

There had been rising hypothesis that Williams may find yourself selecting one other faculty, however he put these ideas to mattress together with his announcement Tuesday.

At USC, Williams will substitute Utah native Jaxson Dart, who introduced final weekend that he was transferring to Ole Miss.

Dart had entered the switch portal after Riley was employed by USC.

As a real freshman in 2021, Williams completed with 1,912 passing yards and 21 touchdowns towards 4 interceptions and rushed for an additional 442 yards and 6 touchdowns, having changed preseason Heisman Trophy candidate Spencer Rattler as Oklahoma’s starter in the course of the workforce’s rivalry sport towards Texas on Oct. 9.

Rattler has transferred to South Carolina, and former UCF signal-caller Dillon Gabriel transferred to Oklahoma.