Quarterback Caleb Williams is so concerned about being drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2024 that he and his family are bypassing the entire NFL draft, consulting with lawyers to figure out a way for the league’s collective bargaining agreement while considering signing with the United Football League, a detailed information of an upcoming book.

Caleb's father, Carl Williams, told Seth Wickersham, author of Kings: The Biography of Quarterbacks in the months leading up to the 2024 draft, and Carl Williams told Chicago quarterbacks.

Caleb Williams yelled at the confidant: "Do I want to go there? I don't think I can do it with (former Bear Offensive Coordinator Shane) Waldron."

The upcoming book, to be published in September, details what it means to be a quarterback at every level from high school to college to the NFL, and what it feels like to retire legends. It has unprecedented access, including dozens of quarterbacks and generational greats like John Elway, Johnny Unitas, Warren Moon, Manning Family and Steve Young. It also includes current signal callers such as Kirk Cousins ​​and Drake Maye.

Additionally, there are new details in Texas quarterback Arch Manning and the ruthless recruitment of the Junior Quarterback Tour. It also documented the nearly dead car wreck of LSU quarterback Colin Hurley in January, which followed by a full recovery. Wickersham is an ESPN reporter; his first book about the New England Patriots was a New York Times bestseller.

This book can be found inside.

Wickersham wrote that Carl Williams went out of his way to try to avoid the NFL draft and hoped to give his son a chance to choose a future employer. The Bears have not drafted quarterbacks since the 1980s, and their recent draft drafts, Mitchell Trubisky and Justin Fields, have not been eliminated. Carl Williams feared that with the history of the franchise, Caleb Williams had no organizational support to succeed under then-coach Matt Eberflus.

"I don't want my son to play for the Bears," Williams told several agents in 2024.

Carl Williams, who sought a way to resolve the league's collective bargaining agreement, spoke with Archie Manning, who helped Eli Manning take control of his final team in 2004. He also met with labor lawyers and agents and even signed with his son, even considering whether his son could sign with United Football League and become an unlimited NFL free agent in 2025 to get a team in 2025. Aside from the draft process, Carl Williams made an argument about the rookie salary scale, which could lock his son on a team of up to eight years. He calculated hundreds of millions of dollars in market value revenue.

Carl Williams told Wickersham that later added: "The rookie hat is just unconstitutional," the CBA was "the worst part I've ever read. I've read it. It's the worst in sports history."

During his final season at USC, Caleb Williams wasn't sure what he wanted to do when he was preparing for the 2024 draft. On the NFL combine that year, he met with Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell. The two hit this and Caleb Williams began to dream of playing for Minnesota.

He told his father: "I need to go to the Vikings."

"Let's do it," his father replied. But both Kaleb and Carl knew that a deal with a divisional competitor was extremely unlikely.

Bears GM Ryan Poles stood firmly and told Williams: "We are drafting you anyway."

This leaves a choice: openly attacking the Bears and the City of Chicago, hoping that this will keep the situation unsustainable — similar to what Jack and John Elway did against the Baltimore Colts in 1983.

Carl Williams told his son's Wickersham that he was worried I would carry bullets. ” “I don’t care. I just disagree with this ---, you know? I was more interested in making sure he could do what he wanted. ”

But Caleb is worried that if they do try and the Bears refuse to trade him, that will make the tough situation worse. Finally, Caleb Williams told Wickersham: “I’m not ready for the core city.”

After visiting the Bears facilities, Williams believes he can be part of the process of turning the franchise around.

“I can do it for this team,” Kaleb told his father. "I'm going to the bear."

The bear declined to comment.

The book also sheds light on Williams' turbulent rookie season, in which Eberves and Waldron were both fired and the Bears lost 10 straight games.

Williams sometimes says he will watch movies alone without coaching or coaching. "No one told me what to see," Caleb Williams told his father. "I just opened it."

Despite the inconsistent coaching, Caleb Williams performed mostly well. Over the course of the year, he completed 62.5% of his passes and received 20 touchdown passes and 6 interceptions. He was fired for 68 league leads.

The Bears hired the respected Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson in January. Caleb Williams was excited when he spoke to reporters in April.

“Being able to be in this position, being able to take my first year, falling down, and then being able to come here and become as confident as I had last year or more and being able to come here with the team we have, I can’t really wait to work with these people,” he said.

"He pushes me is the key," he said. "I know, he knows. ... I can't wait to help me learn more about the ball because he's super smart and super sharp."

"I've seen a great opportunity for him here. He's already conveying his feelings in this way. I don't know what happened before he joined the organization, but he's proud to be a Chicago Bear," Johnson told Fox Sports. "That's what our conversation includes. He's really excited to be able to go to work right away and be his best version of himself in 2025."