Will Levis

Early life

Levis was born on June 27, 1999, in Newton, Massachusetts, and grew up in Madison, Connecticut. He attended Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut, where he set school records as a senior for passing touchdowns with 27 and passing yards with 2,793. Levis committed to Pennsylvania State University to play college football.

Penn State

Levis attended Pennsylvania State University from 2018 to 2020. After redshirting his first year, Levis spent the next two as Sean Clifford's backup. Levis made his first career start against Rutgers in 2019, completing eight of 14 passes for 81 yards with a touchdown and an interception with 108 rushing yards.

At Penn State, Levis completed 61-of-102 passes for 644 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. He also rushed for 473 yards and six touchdowns.

Kentucky

Levis transferred to the University of Kentucky in 2021, after having graduated that May with a bachelor's degree in finance from Penn State's Smeal College of Business. He was named the starter to open the season and threw for 367 yards and four touchdowns in his first start. Levis started all 13 games for Kentucky, completing 233-of-353 passes for 2,827 yards and 24 touchdown passes while rushing for 376 yards and nine touchdowns on 107 carries. He led the team to a victory over No. 15 Iowa in the 2022 Citrus Bowl.

Personal life

Levis' father, Mike, played football at Denison University, an NCAA Division III school in Ohio, while his mother, Beth Kelley, was a two-time All-American soccer player at Yale. Levis' great-grandfather, Alva Kelley, was an All-American football player at Cornell University and later a head coach for three college teams. Levis graduated from Penn State's Smeal College of Business with a bachelor's degree in finance.

Levis gained media attention in the build-up to the 2023 NFL draft for his strange eating and drinking habits, most notably eating unpeeled bananas and drinking coffee with mayonnaise. On August 22, 2023, Levis announced that he had signed a lifetime supply contract of Hellmann's mayonnaise. In August 2024, Hellmann's announced that it was creating a fragrance inspired by Levis named "Will Levis No. 8, Parfum de Mayonnaise".

On May 27, 2026, Levis' mother revealed that her son had paid an "exorbitant" amount of money to have video of him sharing intimate moments with his then-girlfriend removed from the internet. According to Beth, Eastern European hackers obtained access to Levis' phone when he was in college.

Levis was previously in a long-term relationship with Gia Duddy, who went viral during the 2023 NFL Draft. Following their split, he was briefly linked to reality TV personality Victoria Fuller

Levis was in a relationship with Kaley Champion throughout 2025 and 2026. Following his season-ending shoulder surgery in July 2025, Kaley Champion lived with Levis to assist with his post-operative rehab in California.