{"id":5212,"date":"2023-05-16T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:30:04","slug":"jd-pickell-caleb-williams-running-ability-is-a-benefit-to-usc-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jd-pickell-caleb-williams-running-ability-is-a-benefit-to-usc-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"JD PicKell: Caleb Williams\u2019 running ability is a benefit to USC offense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caleb Williams<\/a><\/strong> is arguably the best quarterback returning in college football and could win a second straight Heisman Trophy.<\/p>\n

The USC<\/strong><\/a> quarterback is quite the passer and developed nicely but his running ability actually stands out. On3\u2019s J.D. PicKell explained how his feet can really get the Trojans\u2019 offense to the next level.<\/p>\n

It was evident last season but 2023 could be even better for Williams and the USC offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was able to be just like what you and I would do at recess,\u201d PicKell said on The Hard Count<\/a>. \u201cYeah, five-Mississippi-rush \u2026 For a defense, they hate that. Those big defensive linemen, those big 300-plus pound big boys up front, they don\u2019t like chasing around Caleb Williams. That is a headache. And what this does for USC, even if they lost the play schematically, even if UCLA had the right blitz dialed up for that time, whenever Caleb Williams extends the play, whenever he breaks contain, it\u2019s like a whole new football play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGuess what, we\u2019re in Plan B now. You\u2019re in Caleb\u2019s world now that you when we break contain, and how many times did we see him playing recess, making defenders miss in the backfield and then somebody downfield gets open? Defenses hate that. Because you did everything right on defense. But you\u2019re not able to win that second play that Caleb Williams would create time and time again for USC.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last season, Williams had a banner year with 4,537 yards, 42 touchdowns, five interceptions and a 66.6% completion percentage. Williams added 382 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground.<\/p>\n

The injuries limited Williams later in the year, but he certainly has a chance to burn you with his legs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso it\u2019s a whole other period during the week as a defense you have to account for now with Caleb Williams and his legs,\u201d PicKell said. \u201cYou have to work on the scramble drill a little bit extra. That\u2019s a period you can\u2019t use now for working on your other base defensive calls. It\u2019s a headache, it\u2019s more to worry about. And we saw that also in the run game. Whenever Caleb Williams wouldn\u2019t give the ball to one of his running backs and then kind of carry out the fake to the right, there was always at least one to two sets of eyeballs on number 13 as he carried out his fake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s two less sets of eyeballs on the running back, who actually has the football and allows them a nice little lane to run with. So Caleb Williams and his 10 rushing touchdowns last year, you don\u2019t think that matters? It absolutely does.\u201d<\/p>\n

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