Caleb Williams Shows Off His Style at NFL Draft: ‘I Paint My Nails, I Wear Unique Things’

• Caleb Williams broke down his style on the red carpet at the 2024 NFL Draft
• The No. 1 overall pick described his draft-night look as "subtle" and "classy" while speaking to Cam Newton before the draft kicked off
• Williams showed off his widely-talked-about painted nails during the interview

Just before Caleb Williams was selected by the Chicago Bears with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the rookie quarterback expressed himself through his style on the red carpet.

Williams, 22, spoke to Cam Newton for NFL Network on the carpet at Campus Martius Park in Detroit before the draft began, where he told Newton, 34, about his "unique" style.

"I went with a double-breasted zip-up," Williams began. "You don’t really see too many people with a double-breasted zip-up," he continued.

The Heisman Trophy winner did a full spin to show off the outfit, explaining, "Chrome hearts, stacking the chrome hearts from smallest to largest," as he pointed to details throughout his look.

"I got it on the pants leg. I got it on the back as a monochrome," he added.

Williams described his look as "subtle" and noted that he didn't include any "big chains or anything like that" in his look. "Classy, unique, one-of-one," he added.

“I paint my nails, I wear unique things," Williams, who rose to stardom at the University of Southern California, shared. "I can relate," Newton replied.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Williams matched one of his nails to his girlfriend Alina Thyregod's silver dress.

“It’s me. You call it unique. I call it me,” Williams said, adding that he hopes to "showcase that" uniqueness "here today and in the future here soon."

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Williams first began posting Thyregod on social media in November 2023.

Just before the draft, the couple were spotted leaving their hotel together, with Thyregod in a silver flowy dress and Williams in his double-breasted navy suit. Thyregod also teased their looks on her TikTok, giving a before-and-after look of herself getting ready.

In August, Williams spoke to PEOPLE about painting his nails, saying that he thought "the nails thing kind of took everybody by surprise" when the quarterback's style first went viral on social media.

“I've been doing it before college, but it took everybody by surprise, just because you don't always see male athletes who play football paint their nails," Williams added. "But I think it's just another way of expression.”

And in an interview with USC Athletics in 2022, Williams revealed that his mother is a nail technician. "My mom does nails, so it just started off there and she's done it for my whole life, so it's kind of always been around me," Williams said.

"Nobody else does it. I like to do new things and I don't really care what people have to say about it."