Will Levis’ girlfriend, Gia Duddy, celebrates after his NFL Draft wait lastly ends
Now it’s time to rejoice.
Gia Duddy congratulated boyfriend Will Levis on Friday after the previous Kentucky quarterback was finally selected 33rd overall by the Titans on Day 2 of the 2023 NFL Draft following an agonizing first-round slide.
“Lets experience @will_levis @titans,” Duddy expressed in an Instagram Story.
Duddy, a budding social media influencer, joined Levis and his family at Kansas Metropolis’s Union Station for Thursday’s first-round festivities.
Although Levis was extensively projected to be drafted on Day 1, the 23-year-old quarterback remained within the inexperienced room as an alternative as different signal-callers in his class — Bryce Younger to the Panthers; C.J. Stroud to the Texans; Anthony Richardson to the Colts — had been picked inside the prime 10.
Because the night time dragged on, speculation over Levis’ surprising plummet started to pop up.
“Will Levis’ left toe that induced him to overlook two video games final yr was ‘problematic’ for one crew that thought-about him,” ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported Thursday night on Twitter.
“Levis says the ‘toe has healed’ and good to go. One other crew believes Levis might handle it however thought surgical procedure would want dialogue after season. Levis disagrees.”
It was additionally steered the quarterback’s persona waved some crimson flags in pre-draft studies.
“Just a few studies, you don’t know who to belief this time of yr however apparently he got here off as not having a super persona,” ESPN draft skilled Todd McShay said on “SportsCenter.”
“Some vanity, some cockiness in his conferences. That’s a team-by-team foundation, however finally the turnovers and elegance of play is a matter, too. He performs the quarterback place like a linebacker and we noticed the toll it had on his physique final yr. Lots of groups I talked to had been nervous he was going to have a Carson Wentz case when it’s all stated and completed if he doesn’t learn to shield his physique higher.”
With Levis’ NFL destiny now formally sealed, he and his family members — including sister Kelley — can lastly breathe a sigh of reduction.
The quarterback has been courting Duddy for greater than two years.