When Caleb Williams was recruited out of high school, he was the number one dual-threat quarterback in his class. His athleticism and elusiveness were noteworthy at Oklahoma and at USC, but he wasn’t drafted number one overall by the Chicago Bears for his legs.
As a Bear, his athleticism and elusiveness led to the Houdini nickname becoming in vogue before Iceman organically took over, but his ability to wiggle out of trouble and speed away from the pursuit is just as cool as 50-yard bombs to beat
the Packers.
Thanks to the chips in the players’ shoulder pads, Next Gen Stats can track a lot of interesting data, including how fast the players are running.
According to @NextGenStats, these were the fastest players in the #NFL this season, in terms of the amount of 20+ MPH runs.
1) Keaton Mitchell (RB – 7)
2) Jonathan Taylor (RB – 6)
3) Jahmyr Gibbs (RB – 6)
4) Caleb Williams (QB – 5)
5) Derrick Henry (RB – 5)
6) Saquon Barkley (RB – 5)
7) Breece Hall (RB – 5)
8) De’Von Achane (RB – 5)
9) Bijan Robinson (RB – 5)Caleb Williams, that’s INSANE.
Williams didn’t run the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, but he’s in the same neighborhood with some 4.4 guys above.
Zebra Technologies, the company behind New Gen Stats, issued a year-end press release with some other interesting nuggets from the 2025 season, and Caleb’s arm provided the longest pass of the year.
Bears Caleb Williams threw the longest completed pass in Week 3, traveling 62.1 yards in the air.
The Bears had one more player make the Next Gen Stats year-end newsletter.
Bears SS Jaquan Brisker ran 95 yards to tackle Lions WR Jameson Williams in Week 2 – the longest distance traveled to make a tackle.
Brisker is a free agent after the playoffs, and he just completed a season where he played in all 17 games, making 93 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, an interception, 8 passes defended, a sack, and 3 QB hits.
