Amid new details about how Caleb Williams initially tried to avoid playing for the Chicago Bears, the former Heisman winner was apparently living large during his time at USC.

A forthcoming book by ESPN reporter Seth Wickersham says Caleb Williams and his family were so concerned about the quarterback being taken by the Bears with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft that they considered finding a way to circumvent the draft entirely.

According to ESPN's Seth Wickersham in his new book "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback", Williams father Carl described Chicago as "the place quarterbacks go to die" while Caleb Williams told his inner-circle before the draft "I don't think I can do it with [former Bears offensive coordinator Shane] Waldron."