Odds Fluctuate WILDLY for Will Levis as the No. 1 Overall Pick
Things are happening. Now only two days away from the NFL Draft, oddsmakers have drastically altered the lines for Will Levis to be the No. 1 overall pick.
The Carolina Panthers traded with the Chicago Bears to move into the top spot of this year’s NFL Draft. An army of Panther officials, including new head coach Frank Reich, attended Kentucky’s Pro Day to watch Levis throw in-person. However, it’s long been the belief Carolina will take Alabama’s Bryce Young with the No. 1 pick. Late money is telling a different story.
As Darren Rovell noted, the odds for Levis to be the top pick dropped from 50-1, to 20-1 to 10-1 overnight at PointsBet. On FanDuel you’ll find the Levis odds as low as 7-1. Caesars simply took the bet off the board. Bovada did the same, last posting Levis’ odds to go No. 1 at 35-1. DraftKings temporarily removed all of their top ten bets to re-evaluate their odds. The former UK quarterback is now 4-1 to go No. 1 overall.
What exactly doers this mean? Sports Books are not in the business of losing money. They create odds to draw the most amount of money on both sides of the bet, mitigating risk for the sports book. This smells like a ton of late money came in on Will Levis with astronomical odds. To avoid taking a bath, sports books either lowered the number or took it off the board completely.
Where is this buzz coming from? It could be this Reddit poster.
Online rumors aside, Will Levis has been the subject of late buzz surrounding the NFL Draft. Last week Levis overtook CJ Stroud as the top betting choice to be the No. 2 pick. Todd McShay reported on Monday that the Colts appear to be locked on drafting the former Kentucky quarterback.
The takes have been hot surrounding Will Levis throughout draft season. He’s becoming a hot commodity at the right time. Now there’s a chance he could be the highest Kentucky player picked since Tim Couch went No. 1 overall in 1999.
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