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Caleb Williams is nailed on to be the first-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, and to his high school classmates, it will come as no surprise.
The well-tempered, down-to-earth quarterback carried an infectious aura, and his footwork has come on in leaps and bounds since tripping over my backpack in junior year ethics class.
After a sensational college career that saw him win the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore, Williams is among the highest-rated draft prospects in NFL history. As he prepares to take his career to its highest level yet, his storied high school career continues to make headlines.
Two high school teammates have never been drafted together in the first round, but that could be set to change this year. Williams graduated from Washington DC’s Gonzaga College High School in 2021, where he first caught the nation’s attention with a dramatic final-play championship win, secured by a 53-yard Hail Mary pass.
Also starring in that game was Olu Fashanu, a formidable left tackle who had never played football before arriving at the school. He quickly ascended to varsity, and after impressing at Penn State University, he is a top draft prospect and expected to be a first-round pick also.
With the draft less than a week away, Gonzaga’s campus is buzzing, even though most of the school’s student body never shared its hallways with Williams or Fashanu.
Gonzaga senior Finn Rezendes feels that “the morale on campus is really high, people are posting pictures of Caleb and Olu in Gonzaga outfits all over Instagram. More than anything we’re just proud that they have accomplished what they have and that they are taking their careers to the next level, especially as first-round picks.”
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