2023 NFL Draft: Will Levis Becomes Favorite To Be Texans’ Pick at No. 2

The Jaguars could see the rookie quarterback from Kentucky in the AFC South next year.

The Jacksonville Jaguars want multiple quarterbacks to go off the board before they pick at No. 24. If the betting odds are right, then they won't have much to worry about. 

According to the latest odds from DraftKings, Kentucky quarterback Will Levis has become the favorite to be the selection at No. 2. 

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Will Levis is currently the odds on favorite to be the 2nd pick in the NFL Draft according to @DraftKings pic.twitter.com/5ce16SPp7L

— Lucas Wencl (@LucasWencl) April 22, 2023

It has long been expected that C.J. Stroud or Will Anderson would be the pick after Bryce Young goes No. 1 overall, but there has been plenty of public momentum for Levis in the No. 2 slot over the last week. 

"When you don’t need a quarterback, and there’s four or five of them in the draft that people are covering, you know at least five guys are going to go up in there, it is going to push everybody back down, and you hope there’s other positions that aren’t real needs of yours that are heavy at the top end, too, because that will continue to push guys down," Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke said on Thursday.

"We need as many guys to go ahead of us as possible, and hopefully we’ll have our pick of two or three guys that we have in mind right now—it’s down to that level—probably two to three guys that we’re really interested in, and we feel like we’ve got a good shot at one of those guys.”

During his senior season at Kentucky, Levis threw for 2,406 yards, scored 19 touchdowns and threw 10 interceptions.

Levis has visited Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Las Vegas Raiders and Indianapolis Colts.