Tyson Bagent seems to be fully on board with helping usher in the Caleb Williams era for the Chicago Bears in 2024 as his presumptive backup.

Bagent — the Bears’ 2023 backup quarterback — acknowledged the “superstar” athlete the team is getting in Williams during his May 3 interview with NBC Sports Chicago. He also affirmed that part of his job, as he sees it, is helping the rookie adjust to the NFL so that Williams can “be the greatest resource that he can possibly be for the Bears.”

“Obviously, he’s a superstar of an athlete and I think a lot of people know that, which is why it is so exciting,” Bagent said Friday on ‘Football Night in Chicago’ with David Haugh. “But I think outside of that, [I’m] just trying to keep it as normal as possible, understand that he’s just a normal human being like everybody else. He’s going to go through good things, bad things, everything in between.

Bagent is the top returning quarterback from the Bears’ 2023 roster following the offseason departures of Justin Fields (traded to Pittsburgh) and Nathan Peterman (signed with New Orleans). He made the roster against the odds last year as an undrafted rookie free agent and eventually secured the primary backup spot behind Fields, going on to start four games in relief of him near the middle of the season.

Make no mistake, though: Williams — the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft — has now become the main focus for the Bears, something that Bagent seems to understand well.