Published: 17:04 BST, 31 August 2026 | Updated: 17:04 BST, 31 August 2026
Three years after suffering a humiliating entry into the league, Will Levis was recently dealt yet another major blow after being cut by the only NFL team he's ever known.
On Sunday, it was confirmed that the [Tennessee](/news/tennessee/index.html) Titans had waived Levis, thus bringing an end to his disastrous three seasons with the Nashville franchise.
NFL insider Ian Rapoport revealed that the Titans had been trying to trade him for 'some time'. His report stated that, with no apparent interest, 'both sides move on'.
Perhaps a fresh start is exactly what Levis needs after suffering one of the most turbulent careers of any football star in recent memory.
Levis first hit the headlines at the 2023 NFL Draft when he slipped down the boards after being tipped as a No 1 overall pick, eventually being selected by the Titans at 33.
Missing the first round also meant missing out on a lucrative fifth-year option, leaving him staring down free agency far sooner than a top prospect normally would.
Will Levis recently suffered his latest blow after being waived by the Tennessee Titans
The decision marks the end of a turbulent three years in Nashville for the quarterback
Levis has endured a tough time in the NFL, even having a sex tape leaked with his ex Gia Duddy
On the field, things didn't get much easier. Levis threw 16 interceptions across 21 starts in 2023 and 2024 and became a fixture of NFL blooper reels for a string of baffling turnovers.
One moment against the Jets in September 2024 stood out, after Levis tried a shovel pass that never had a chance - Jets defenders recovered the fumble, and head coach Brian Callahan was caught on camera yelling: 'What the f\*\*\* are you doing?'
Off the field, his personal life had been unravelling too. Levis had been with college sweetheart Gia Duddy - who went viral alongside him on that miserable draft night in 2023 - since their Penn State days.
However, they split quietly that September, just weeks after Duddy had moved to Nashville to be with him. Neither ever addressed it publicly.
Then came the leak. In May 2024, an intimate video involving Levis and his then-girlfriend spread across social media. It stayed largely under wraps as a topic Levis himself never discussed - until his mother broke the silence herself, two years on.
Speaking on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast in May this year, Beth Levis described the moment her son rang her in tears. 'The first words out of Will's mouth were, 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So sorry, mom,' she said. 'And it just broke my heart.'
She revealed Levis hired a cybersecurity specialist and a private investigator, spending what she called an 'exorbitant amount of money' trying to track down the source and scrub the footage from the internet.
Levis was with Duddy when he endured draft humiliation in the first round back in 2023
She recently confirmed she has a new boyfriend and has teased his identity online
Levis's mother Beth spoke out on his leaked 'intimate tape' in an interview earlier this year
Levis missed the entirety of last season with a shoulder injury and was fighting to be QB2
Investigators reportedly traced the breach back to a device hacked years earlier, while he was still at Kentucky.
Beth also said the fallout reached beyond Will, with his younger sister Claire caught up in the chaos at school in the weeks after it went viral.
The topic of the leaked tape recently reemerged on social media after internet sleuths claimed that [Duddy has since moved on with another NFL star](/sport/nfl/article-16061479/gia-duddy-andrei-iosivas-nfl-relationship.html).
Going back to Levis and his turbulent career, by the time 2025 rolled around, a shoulder injury ended his season before it started, with Cam Ward - Tennessee's No.1 overall pick - installed as the long-term answer at quarterback.
Now, with Levis waived and free to sign anywhere, the question is which team is willing to bet that three years of misfortune, mockery and off-field turmoil hasn't defined him for good.