Kentucky QB Will Levis keeps playing despite gross-looking finger injury

One missed up finger is not a problem at all for Kentucky Wildcats star quarterback Will Levis.

Although his finger was pointing in a direction it never should have, Will Levis is still out there slinging it for the Kentucky Wildcats in their huge road game vs. the Ole Miss Rebels.

The UK signal-caller had the middle finger on his left hand dislocated early in the game. While Levis throws with his right, a messed-up digit could be problematic in being able to receive the snap under center, or even catch the ball in shotgun. Either way, Kentucky has leaned heavily on running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. ever since Levis suffered the gruesome injury to one of his fingers.

The only thing grosser than Levis’ finger is the type of food the banana mayonnaise coffee-drinking enthusiast consumes on the reg.

Kentucky football star Will Levis plays despite suffering a gross finger injury

No, a finger injury would not take Levis off the field in this one. He would have to be dragged off the field with a far worse injury than this. This is No. 7 at No. 14 in a clash of SEC unbeatens. While the Wildcats and the Rebels play in the same divisions as the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs and the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide respectively, the winner of this game has the early feels of New Year’s Six.

Could Kentucky or Ole Miss upset Georgia and Alabama later in the season? Potentially, but don’t count on it. What is important though is both teams have fantastic opportunities to win double-digit games in back-to-back years. Kentucky needed a clutch Citrus Bowl victory over Iowa to get there, while Ole Miss was 10-2 heading into the Sugar Bowl vs. Baylor last holiday bowl season.

Ultimately, there is so much more than the College Football Playoff Levis is playing for. If he battles through a tough game like this one in Oxford, he will be a first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Stats may not do him justice, but arm talent, composure and other intangibles will make him one of the first four quarterbacks taken next spring. If he plays up to standard, he’ll be golden.

The legend of Will Levis is growing by the nanosecond, as college football fans are falling in love.

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