As the quarterback at Gonzaga College High in Washington, D.C., Caleb Williams won what was called one of the greatest high school games ever played with a Hail Mary touchdown pass.
Sunday, he lost one of the ugliest NFL games ever played.
On a Hail Mary touchdown by Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels.
Talk about a homecoming.
“It’s funny enough,” Williams said after the Chicago Bears’ 18-15 loss at Northwest Stadium. “It happened actually just like that. I threw an out ball and then threw a Hail Mary. And they did the same thing today. Weird. Definitely weird.”
Beyond weird.
In the final 10 seconds of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game in 2018, Williams hit a quick route to the right sideline and Gonzaga’s receiver got out of bounds, leaving four seconds on the clock.
On the next play, Williams bounced around in the pocket as his receivers raced down the field as time expired. He then lofted a pass into the end zone that was caught by receiver John Marshall for a 53-yard touchdown.