Riley: QB Williams to remain USC’s bowl game

• Paolo Uggetti, ESPNDec 4, 2023, 01:34 PM ET Ruling Heisman Prize winner Caleb Williams will not play in the DirecTV Holiday Bowl, USC coach Lincoln Riley announced Monday.The Trojans

  are set to take on Louisville in the game on Dec. 27.

  Williams, who threw for 3,633 yards and 30 touchdowns during USC’s frustrating 7-5 season, is widely expected to forgo his senior season and declare for the NFL draft, where he is the projected No. 1 pick.Editor’s Picks

In 2015, Williams broke out for 4,537 passing yards and 42 goals, sustaining USC’s 11-1 routine season and securing USC’s 8th Heisman Trophy.With Williams’forthcoming departure to the NFL, sophomore backup Miller Moss is expected to manage starting quarterback duties during the Holiday Bowl. In three seasons at USC, Moss has actually thrown for 542 yards and 3 goals in restricted looks. On Monday, Riley expressed that he wished he could have gotten Moss more snaps this season.Riley included that he anticipates Moss to”completely remain in the mix”for USC’s beginning job next season which the program will likewise want to the transfer website to potentially include” some quarterbacks.”” Not prepared to state that we will for sure do anything, “Riley said.”

But we’ll take a look and see how all of it unfolds.” USC likewise has freshman and previous luxury hire Malachi Nelson on its lineup, but Riley stated Nelson had some” physical hurdles” this previous season.