Quarterback · Chicago Bears

Caleb Williams

No. 18 · 3rd season

The USPTO has thoughts about Caleb Williams calling himself the Iceman

He came into the league as the first pick in the draft, and apparently he came in with a brand already mapped out. Caleb Williams filed to trademark the name "Iceman" — with plans for an apparel line and an entertainment company attached to it. The government said no. For now.

The refusal from the US Patent and Trademark Office is listed as an initial one, which means the door isn't fully closed. Trademark applications get rejected for all kinds of procedural reasons — a conflicting filing, a descriptiveness issue — and plenty go on to clear eventually. But it's still a no sitting on the books.

For a quarterback who arrived in Chicago as the biggest thing to come through the draft in years, there's something very human about watching a nickname get held up in federal paperwork. The field is one thing. The brand is a whole separate fight.

Whether "Iceman" eventually belongs to Williams legally, it's a window into something: he's already thinking past the jersey.

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