Will Levis Had the Saddest Trip Home From the NFL Draft

This couldn’t have been fun. Until the end.

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 28, 2023

Will Levis Had the Saddest Trip Home From the NFL Draft /

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Will Levis became the story of the first round of the 2023 NFL draft when he had to sit in the green room all night without hearing his name get called by commissioner Roger Goodell.

Levis, who was expected by many to be off the board early in the draft, finally found his NFL home Friday night when the Tennessee Titans selected him with the second pick of the second round (33rd overall).

The former Kentucky signal-caller decided to head home from Kansas City on Friday, and it sounded as if he had a brutal trip. Levis must have been pretty disappointed not going in the first round, and then this happened:

That three-hour delay must have felt like forever. And then traffic on the drive home from the airport?

Brutal.

But hey, it all worked out because he’s now in the NFL. Finally.

Published Apr 28, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.