The rumor mill is working overtime ahead of the NFL draft.
Although Bryce Young is still the betting favorite to be the first overall pick, the odds have drastically improved for former Kentucky quarterback Will Levis following a viral Reddit post.
On Tuesday, a trending post by Reddit user “SaleAgreeable2834” alleged that Levis is telling friends and family the Panthers will select him with the No. 1 overall pick. The odds for the Wildcats product to go No. 1 then shifted.
Levis went from 50/1 to +500 at FanDuel; 50/1 to +400 at PointsBet; and 40/1 to +400 at DraftKings Tuesday within hours of the Reddit post going live.
It’s unclear who the Reddit account, which was created just six days ago, belongs to.
The line was eventually taken down by some sportsbooks.
After being pulled off the board, DraftKings reopened betting with Young at -1600 and Levis at +700 on Tuesday, after Levis was 50/1 the day prior.
“Given the nature of the draft, we drastically cut the price based on this action and eventually came to a price where the bets stopped,” a DraftKings spokesperson told ESPN.
“We are still seeing some small bets trickle through at the current price, but the speculation is all the action was off the back of a Reddit post.”
A spokesperson for Caesars said: “There’s definitely been an uptick in the number of bets on Will Levis this morning, but no huge bets.”
Last week, BetMGM took Levis off the board in its odds for the No. 1 pick — and put the 23-year-old prospect back up at 5-1 to be the top pick on Tuesday.
On April 13, Young, the Heisman trophy-winning quarterback out of Alabama, moved past Ohio State star C.J. Stroud as the consensus betting favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick, according to multiple sportsbooks.
At the time, ESPN’s Adam Schefter said on “NFL Live” that Carolina had its mind made up about taking Young with the top pick in the draft.
Young has been linked to the Panthers for some time, with ESPN’s Todd McShay reporting last month that a source told him “Young is already their guy at that No. 1 spot” in Carolina.
However, perhaps the Panthers could pull off a surprise move on Night 1 of the draft when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces the first pick.
The Houston Texans have the second overall pick in the draft, followed by the Arizona Cardinals.
Levis put on a show at Kentucky’s pro day in March, as well as the NFL Scouting Combine, which took place earlier that month in Indianapolis.
The draft begins Thursday in Kansas City. 2023 NFL Draft begins Thursday in Kansas City.
