Caleb Williams says he was 'angry' when he didn't get immediate start over Spencer Rattler with Oklahoma Sooners

Caleb Williams is all the rage ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft as a lock for the No. 1 overall pick, held by the Chicago Bears.

But he wasn't always top dog -- and that goes for the quarterback depth chart at Oklahoma. Before he ultimately overtook Spencer Rattler, who was also at one time pinned as a first overall pick and potential Heisman Trophy candidate, he held the clipboard as a backup.

That didn't last long, but Williams has made it clear that the wait should have been even shorter. At least that's how he sees it.

In a recent appearance on "The Pivot", a podcast hosted by former NFL defensive back Ryan Clark, Williams named not instantly taking the starting job over Rattler as one of the points of adversity he faced while in Norman.

"Cause I was best in the country -- I told people before I went there that I was going to start, and play, and beat (Spencer Rattler) out. I thought I'd beat him out in [the] Spring and he's projected No. 1 and all of that. So he started for six games, and so I prepared, I kept preparing. (Head coach) Lincoln (Riley) told me 'Keep going,'" Williams said. 

"I came to him and asked him, 'How do I do it? How, how do I beat this dude out?' Because he never let me get reps with the first team. He never let me give reps with, you know, the older guys and things like that. So I took advantage of my reps I got after I put my head down. And at a certain point, I felt like, you know, I beat him out," Caleb lamented. "At the time, I was so angry, so frustrated because that wasn't what I wanted to hear because I felt like I was the best -- But when I got my shot. Yeah, nothing else was going to happen other than me being the guy."

While few are willing to debate there's a quarterback in this class more polished and talented than Williams, he's been met with some controversy over his outspokenness, among other things in the way he presents himself publicly. 

Comments like these are likely to incite more of the same reaction, but there's no question Williams is, and has always, bet on himself with the utmost level of confidence.