Since the conclusion of the 2022 college football season, many expected that Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young and Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud would be the first two players taken in the 2023 NFL Draft. But it appears that is no longer the case.
A massive swing in the latest NFL Draft odds indicates that not only are the Houston Texans expected to pass on C.J. Stroud with the No. 2 overall pick, but they’re expected to select another quarterback instead: Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Will Levis.
As Anand Nanduri points out on Twitter, Will Levis is now the heavy favorite to the No. 2 overall pick in the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft.
Will Levis now offered at minus odds as the favorite to be taken #2 overall. pic.twitter.com/jXjUV9eitF
— Anand Nanduri (@NanduriNFL) April 22, 2023
“Will Levis now offered at minus odds as the favorite to be taken #2 overall,” Nanduri wrote on Twitter on Saturday afternoon.
It’s an absolutely massive shakeup at the top of the NFL Draft and the NFL world had plenty to say about the new on social media as a result.
These NFL teams saw what happened in 2021 but they gonna do it again https://t.co/XincYrOJ5k
— Edward (@OmegaJolteon) April 22, 2023
You can take the personnel guy out of New England, but you can't take New England out of the personnel guy. https://t.co/f3a8qCnYhA
— Joshua Buckley (@joshuabuckley) April 22, 2023
https://t.co/hpg0NcHToS pic.twitter.com/CkNLbxvgyW
— Jeremy Branham (@JeremyBranham) April 22, 2023
https://t.co/2NopN3PN2q pic.twitter.com/IC6VchA5nb
— 🌊🏖💙🤎 (@newbeachfan) April 22, 2023
This is from 4/11 when I put $20 on Levis at 20-1.
Always put plays on longshots ~3 weeks out for the draft. pic.twitter.com/NdDAAOKVjA
— Reid Kashmanian (@KashOutBets) April 22, 2023
@FootballUnlock
Maybe passing on Stroud won't be a good thing for the Texans.
If they are gonna take Levis at 2 instead. 😂Imagine how clowned on the texans will be when the QB the Colts take at 4 is inevitable gonna significantly out perform Levis, who they took at 2.
— Football (@Footballfan5455) April 22, 2023
Obviously, this doesn’t make anything official and there’s still plenty of time for things to change leading up to the draft. But as of now, it looks like Young and Levis will be the first two picks in the NFL Draft.
