The first round of the 2023 NFL draft is history. As many predicted, three quarterbacks were taken in the first four picks — Alabama's Bryce Young by the Panthers, Ohio State's C.J. Stroud by the Texans, and Florida's Anthony Richardson by the Colts.
However, Indianapolis owner Jim Irsay presented an intriguing alternate path that could have unfolded had Richardson not been available at No. 4.
"We were going to take (Kentucky quarterback Will) Levis or trade down,” Irsay said Saturday, quoted in The Indianapolis Star. “I think we’d take Will Levis. … We liked him.”
