For all the hoopla over the quarterbacks who did go in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft, almost as much attention was given to a quarterback who did not.
Kentucky quarterback Will Levis—mentioned for much of the pre-draft process in the same breath as Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson—was not selected in the first round. His omission was a stark departure from rumors that placed the Wildcats gunslinger as high as the top five.
Throughout the evening, ESPN displayed footage of Levis in the green room as 31 picks came and went without him being selected.