Clip of Will Levis joking about being a second round pick resurfaces after NFL Draft humiliation

Footage of Will Levis inadvertently predicting his NFL Draft embarrassment has resurfaced after he was surprisingly left unpicked in the first round on Thursday.

Levis was eventually taken early in round two by the Tennessee Titans but footage of him anxiously waiting in the green room with his girlfriend and mom went viral on Thursday.

And in the aftermath, an unfortunate quote from Levis on his pro day at Kentucky resurfaced across social media.

‘If I get invited and I know I’ll be a pretty high pick, I’ll definitely go. I’m looking forward to going,’ Levis says. ‘But I don’t want to go if I’m going to be a second round pick, you know? You don’t want to have the camera on you all day.’

Sadly for the 23-year-old, that is exactly what happened.

Will Levis once said he wouldn’t go to the NFL Draft if he was going to be a second round pick

Levis pictured in the green room in Kansas on Thursday as he waited to be picked by a team

Levis said that he was proud of how his family handled the situation on Thursday night  

Eventually though, the Titans picked him early in the second round and gave him his ticket to the NFL.

But after being picked in the end, Levis was quick to express his gratitude.

‘I ended up where I was meant to be, and I’m just looking forward to competing and getting started,’ Levis said.

‘I was very proud of my family and how we composed ourselves last night (Thursday) and you know the cameras beaming down on us the whole time.

‘I feel like we did a great job of just taking it in stride and trusting that regardless of what happens, that it’s going to happen for a reason.’ 

Three quarterbacks were taken in the first four picks, then nothing until the Titans traded up for Levis with the second pick of the second round Friday night. 

In another world, Levis would have been taken fourth by the Indianapolis Colts.

Speaking on Saturday evening about Anthony Richardson – who the Colts did go for – and Levis, Colts owner Jim Irsay said: ‘I always felt Richardson was going to be the guy that we went with early on.’

When Levis was eventually selected by the Titans, he said he is ‘where I am meant to be’

But when asked who they’d have chosen if Richardson was unavailable, Irsay responded: ‘I think we would have taken Will Levis.’

Levis certainly fits the NFL prototype for a quarterback at 6-foot-4 and 229 pounds.

He went 17-7 at Kentucky, tied for the second-most wins by a quarterback since 1993 at a university better known for basketball. Levis threw 43 touchdown passes and ran for 11 more. Levis threw for 5,233 yards and had six 300-yard passing games.

The Titans started their draft by taking Northwestern offensive tackle Peter Skoronski at No. 11 overall Thursday night as they continued rebuilding their offensive line after giving up 49 sacks last season. 

They came into this draft with only six selections and none in the fourth round.