Will Levis is riding the hype train. From out of nowhere, the Kentucky quarterback is a current hot commodity where next year’s NFL Draft is concerned. ESPN’s Todd McShay put Levis No. 8 in his way-too-early 2023 mock draft. CBS Sports upped the ante, christening the senior-to-be the No. 1 overall pick in a mock.
No. 1 overall? In 2023? That’s right, two weeks back, Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports tabbed Levis as the No. 1 overall pick of the Houston Texans, provided of course that the Texans wind up with the first overall selection. We only have 272 regular-season games and the NFL playoffs between now and then.
Pop quiz: Name the last Kentucky offensive player to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft? If you dialed your way-back machine to 1999 and Tim Couch, the No. 1 overall selection of the then expansion Cleveland Browns, you have a long memory.
