Kentucky QB Will Levis' Finger Is Not Supposed To Bend That Way

OXFORD, Mississippi -- Kentucky quarterback Will Levis will likely not be giving any Ole Miss fans the finger - at least not with his left, non-throwing hand.

Levis apparently dislocated that middle finger in the second quarter of the No. 7 Wildcats' game against No. 14 Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon at Vaught-Heminghway Stadium. The Rebels led 19-6 at the time, but Levis recovered to throw a touchdown pass to cut the Rebels' lead to 19-12 at the half.

Levis, a senior who went into the game No. 3 in the Southeastern Conference in passing yards a game at 294, re-entered the game after the injury but did not throw a pass until late in the drive.

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Then he got hot, completing 3 of 3 for 28 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown to wide receiver Tayvion Robinson with 1:23 left before halftime to cut Ole Miss' lead to 19-12. Kentucky failed to convert its second straight extra point.

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Will Levis finished the half 6-of-10 passing for 72 yards for the game.

The internet, of course, had their say:

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Guilbeau joined OutKick as an SEC columnist in September of 2021 after covering LSU and the Saints for 17 years at USA TODAY Louisiana. He has been a national columnist/feature writer since the summer of 2022, covering college football, basketball and baseball with some NFL, NBA, MLB, TV and Movies and general assignment, including hot dog taste tests. A New Orleans native and Mizzou graduate, he has consistently won Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) awards since covering Alabama and Auburn at the Mobile Press-Register (1993-98) and LSU and the Saints at the Baton Rouge Advocate (1998-2004). In 2021, Guilbeau won an FWAA 1st for a game feature, placed in APSE Beat Writing, Breaking News and Explanatory, and won Beat Writer of the Year from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA). He won an FWAA columnist 1st in 2017 and was FWAA's top overall winner in 2016 with 1st in game story, 2nd in columns, and features honorable mention. Guilbeau completed a book in 2022 about LSU's five-time national champion coach - "Everything Matters In Baseball: The Skip Bertman Story" - that is available at www.acadianhouse.com, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble outlets. He lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, the former Michelle Millhollon of Thibodaux who previously covered politics for the Baton Rouge Advocate and is a communications director.