The leadup to the 2023 NFL Draft has been one of the more entertaining leadups of the drafts in recent memory. For one, this is only the second time in the last twenty years that the first overall pick was traded, in this case, the Bears getting a haul of picks and WR DJ Moore from the Carolina Panthers for the stand-alone pick.

The player sections are also not set and stone. This year’s draft is top-heavy with quarterbacks and the teams that are drafting at the top of the draft order are quarterback-needy. Each week leading up to the draft is a report of something different. Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud going first overall, then Bryce Young, even Will Levis and Florida Gator QB Anthony Richardson have been in the talks of being the first player and quarterback taking off the board.

Let’s have a look at where the experts have Will Levis landing with under a month until the 2023 NFL Draft:

Mel Kiper, ESPN – Indianapolis Colts, Third Overall

During the start of the previous college football season, Mel Kiper was one of the few people in the media who thought Will Levis was the best quarterback in this class.

“He is a running, dual-threat quarterback… This guy is passionate about the game.” Kiper previously said about Levis. Kiper has doubled down on his previous remarks and backs that Levis is still in talks to be the best quarterback in this draft.

Kiper also has the Colts jumping one spot to the third overall pick and trading with the Arizona Cardinals because “They wouldn’t want to wait” with their fourth overall pick and give any of the other teams that need a quarterback a chance to trade up and draft the best remaining QB.

Mike Tannebaum, ESPN – Indianapolis Colts, Fourth Overall

ESPN Insider Mike Tannebaum has a similar approach as Mel Kiper. He has the Colts drafting Will Levis with the fourth overall pick, the pick which they own.

Tannebaum said “The Colts are starved for stability at quarterback. Since losing Andrew Luck to an unexpected early retirement, they have failed to find a long-term option.”

Even with Andrew Luck’s shortened stint in the NFL, that would be high expectations for Levis. Tannebaum sees Levis’s physical traits and potential, he compares Levis to what he saw in Ben Roethlisberger when Big Ben came out of Miami (OH) in 2004.

Chris Trapasso, CBS Sports – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Fourteenth Overall

Chris Trapasso from CBS Sports has one of the more action-packed mock drafts of any insider across the board. To put some context before getting into Will Levis, Trapasso has Anthony Richardson going first overall to the Panthers, Bryce Young to the Texans, and C.J. Stroud, who many believe as the first overall QB, going fourth to the Colts. More notably, he has Will Levis falling all the way to the fourteenth overall pick to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in a pick that was originally owned by the New England Patriots but Tampa Bay trading up.

Like the Colts in Mel Kiper’s Mock Draft, the Buccaneers are in a position where they don’t want to wait for their future QB to be picked before they get the chance. They might not have the draft capital to get within the top three, but moving up from pick 19 to 14 could make the biggest difference.

It’s early to say if the Bucs believe in a QB room that consists of Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask, but drafting a young, star-powered in Levis makes sense, especially if they want to try and replace their previous QB in Tom Brady.

Brad Crawford, 247 Sports – Tennessee Titans, Eleventh Overall

Brad Crawford admitted that the Tennessee Titans have not publicly moved on from QB Ryan Tannehill, but it’s possible. The Titans have released multiple veteran players this offseason, including LB Bud Dupree amongst others. Going young in Nashville would make a lot of sense.

It’s not clear what the Titans want with their eleventh-overall pick, but if Will Levis falls, this could prove to be a low-risk-high-reward type pick, since most people still believe Levis is a top-five pick.

Recap

As of right now, The Indianapolis Colts have generated the most buzz in drafting Levis, becoming the clear favorite.

According to Kentucky Head Coach Mark Stoops, the Colts deserve to be the favorite. Bleacher Report’s Scott Polacek reported that Stoops texted him numerous things. According to Polacek, Stoops said, ” I can just say the Colts have done their homework on Levis’ and left it at that. Now, they’ve done their homework on a lot of guys, but I talked to several teams who believe that there could be something there. He fits the prototype of what the Colts have typically liked in a quarterback.”

The 2023 NFL Draft is just a few weeks away, so it will be interesting to see where Levis lands on April 27th.