Will Levis has one regret about his high school sports career

Will Levis wishes he had played more sports in high school. (Vicky Graff Photo)

Will Levis dreams of being an NFL quarterback, one big reason he transferred from Penn State to Kentucky to play under offensive coordinator Liam Coen. However, Levis tried just about every sport growing up before settling on football as his best sport.

“I started off with soccer like everyone else because that’s all you could play at an early age. Then I started football but I also tried wrestling, basketball, lacrosse, and baseball. I ran track in high school,” he said.  “I think playing all those sports growing up was really good for me from a development standpoint and for my motor skills. I learned how to move efficiently and changing sports allows you to move in ways that are not necessarily prominent in another sport.”

Levis thinks it is “extremely” important for youngsters to play multiple sports and regrets not playing more sports in high school.

“I only played baseball for two years and then ran track to get faster. I would like to have played basketball and maybe baseball for another year. That is one thing I would change if I could go back to high school,” the UK quarterback said.

He played shortstop and third base in baseball and said that was actually his second-best sport.

“I was more of a hitter. I could hit the ‘blank’ out of the ball,” he joked. “I loved going to batting cages or just hitting BP (batting practice). I don’t think there is a better feeling in sports than catching one square on the barrel (of the bat).”

Of course, he’s had two good feeling games at UK. He threw for 367 yards and four touchdowns in a win over ULM and then led running back Chris Rodriguez pound Missouri in a 35-28 win last week.

“He’s all that he’s been advertised for with his arm strength,” coach Mark Stoops said.