Will Levis' collegiate experience prepares him to make an NFL leap
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NASHVILLE — Quarterback Will Levis is preparing for his second NFL season, and first as starter for the Tennessee Titans. Working in new coach Brian Callahan's offense, it will be Levis fifth consecutive season with a different coordinator.
Those experiences can benefit Levis as he looks to help Tennessee make a leap.
"I think I've refined my process throughout the years on how I want to learn things," Levis said Thursday on 104.5 The Zone's 3HL. "I feel comfortable learning new things, taking coaching and going out on the field with it."
Levis spent two seasons at Penn State (2019-2020) before transferring to the University of Kentucky.
In the next two seasons as the starter for Kentucky, the Wildcats won 17 games and made back-to-back bowl appearances. Levis worked under a different coordinator in each of those years, however. Ricky Rahne and Kirk Ciarrocca were the offensive play-callers for the Nittanany Lions in the Connecticut native's time at State College.
Levis worked with Liam Coen (2021) in his most successful collegiate season.
That 10-3 campaign fueled his NFL draft stock before a drop-off in 2022 under Rick Scangarello occurred.
Roster attrition and injuries to Levis were largely to blame. The Titans selected him in the second round of the 2023 draft as a succession plan for veteran Ryan Tannehill. Levis went 3-6 in nine starts for Tennessee as a rookie, completing 58.4% of his passes for 1,808 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions.
Now, the Titans and Levis are all-in.
"It just makes sense," said Levis of Callahan's system. "A lot of plays and a lot of concepts where it seems like it shouldn't be as easy as it is in terms of this is the guy that we're thinking about throwing to. You're thinking about it all the time and, most of the time, its just there. So, the game has become comfortable for me. I feel like I've done a good job of being able to compartmentalize the offense and figure out what we're trying to get done with it.
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