Will Levis, Chris Rodriguez Uncertain On Playing Bowl Game For Kentucky

Will Levis’ Kentucky profession probably got here to an finish on Saturday night time within the Wildcats’ Governor’s Cup win over Louisville. 

The longer term NFL Draftee earned his second win over the Cardinals in as many tries, throwing for 188 yards and two touchdowns. In his pair of video games in opposition to UofL, he discovered the tip zone by the air or together with his legs a grand complete of six instances. 

Kentucky now awaits its vacation spot for the postseason bowl recreation, however the query stays if Levis shall be below middle when that recreation rolls round in late December. He did not decide to a call when requested about his future post-game:

“I’m going to speak to Stoops on Monday, most likely my household too. I don’t have a timeline, most likely inside every week I’d say. I don’t actually know.”

In 24 video games as a Wildcat throughout two seasons, Levis’ totaled a 17-7 file, throwing for five,233 yards and 43 touchdowns whereas additionally dashing for 11 scores. Within the course of, he additionally grew to become one of many extra well-liked gamers to daybreak blue and white in current reminiscence, charming Huge Blue Nation and his staff together with his management and skill on and off the sphere. 

His second season in Lexington wasn’t as profitable as the primary, although damage points hampered his skillset for a majority of the 2022 marketing campaign. 

“Laborious to place within the phrases what he is meant to us, simply his, once more, toughness, management, you understand, battling by adversity, having — coming right here and having an amazing yr and going by an offensive coordinator change and getting beat up and having a yr the place he wasn’t at a 100%. He fought by it. He is a real skilled,” head coach Mark Stoops stated of his QB. “He set the tone for us right here. We completely love him, whether or not it is his final recreation or performs yet another. I feel the world of him, and love what he is completed for us and don’t desire something however one of the best for him and his future.”

“Love him to loss of life. 10/10 toughness, I do not assume folks realized how injured he was this yr, he performed for 5 – 6 weeks the place he actually he would dash out in apply and fall down, his toe would give out on him,” offensive coordinator Wealthy Scangarello added. “The grit to combat by that, the final two weeks he is felt one of the best he is felt in most likely a month.”

Levis continues to be projected to be a First Spherical NFL Draft choice come April. He mirrored on his quick profession at Kentucky following the win over Louisville on Saturday: 

“To begin with I’ve acquired to consider all of my brothers, I’ve acquired brothers for all times and buddies for all times and simply lots of people that I’ll ceaselessly be in contact with and ceaselessly belief and love quite a bit. Apart from that, the followers thanks for welcoming me with open arms and fully embracing me being the beginning quarter again of the staff. It’s an enormous place to imagine, being the quarter again for an SEC staff, and I didn’t know an excessive amount of in regards to the fan base once I first acquired right here however I shortly realized how particular and supportive our followers are. I feel I’ll all the time form of look again on this final season and have a bit little bit of form of remorse or simply feeling like we didn’t fairly get to the place we wished to however I’ll positive as heck take into consideration this recreation to really feel quite a bit higher about it!”

It is nonetheless undecided, however all indicators level in direction of Levis’ profession as a Wildcat being over. Moreover, working again Chris Rodriguez is not sure on whether or not or not he’ll take part within the postseason matchup. 

“I haven’t actually thought of it but,” he stated. “However I’m right here with my brothers. I’m gonna experience with ’em.”

Rodriguez Jr. led the staff with 24 carries for 120 yards within the Governor’s Cup win. It marked the twentieth 100-plus yard dashing recreation of his profession, breaking the varsity file set by Benny Snell Jr. He additionally grew to become the primary UK participant to have three 100-yard dashing video games vs. Louisville.

He now has 3,644 profession dashing yards, remaining in third place on UK’s all-time profession dashing listing, needing simply 191 extra dashing yards to tie for second and 230 to catch Snell’s file.

“If it involves me, it involves me. It’s what it’s,” Rodriguez stated. 

If he have been to play within the bowl recreation, a 230-yard efficiency is most definitely not out of the playing cards. As of now, it stays to be seen if he and Levis will give it one final go in a Kentucky uniform. 

Sport recap of Kentucky’s win over Louisville may be discovered right here.

Extra on Matt Ruffolo’s historic night time right here.

Watch: Stoops, Levis and extra speak Governor’s Cup win over Cardinals

Sport Notes from the victory may be discovered right here.