Kentucky QB Will Levis defends his accuracy, Combine bravado about arm strength

Friday afternoon, Kentucky football hosted its 2023 Pro Day at their indoor practice complex, Nutter Fieldhouse. Obviously, the Wildcats have a number of players from the 2022 team looking to make their names known in front of NFL scouts, but the main attraction, the reason why scouts and coaches and general managers all made the trek to Lexington, is quarterback Will Levis. He’s currently projected as a top-10 pick in the upcoming draft and Friday’s Pro Day offered NFL folks one more opportunity to see the prized QB prospect up close.

As part of the event, the SEC Network was able to catch up with Will Levis for a brief interview about what he hoped to show scouts in Lexington. For Levis, he wants to dispel any myths about his passing accuracy not being up to par.

“I think people that are saying I’m not accurate — that kinda irritates me a little bit. I think I’m as accurate as anybody else. I mean, maybe I need to do more to show that, but I’m confident in my accuracy and I think that’s a strength of mine.”

Levis then referenced some comments he made at the NFL combine a few weekends ago. At the podium, Levis declared that he had a cannon and was anxious to show it off at the combine’s throwing drills. However, some NFL people found his confidence a bit of a turn-off. But according to Will himself, he’s usually pretty tight with his lips but let some of his inner confidence spill out during those interviews.

“I thought it was funny, like the one comment that I made, like in interviews, I’m always very buttoned-up and I’m always saying the right thing and that’s just who I am. But the second I throw in a little bit of character it gets spun out,” said Levis. “All I was saying, I mean, it’s one of my strengths as a player and I was going to make sure I let that be known. It’s just kind of funny when people took that and ran with it. It’s just, you know, the media.” Levis said with a sigh to end his comments.

Typically, pro teams want their star player to exude the type confidence which Will Levis does. He’s just a great player and terrific quarterback prospect who is excited to have another opportunity to show off the arm that’s about make him millions of dollars.