Tom Brady offers words of encouragement for Titans rookie Will Levis after draft disappointment

14.06.2023 - 04:31 foxnews.com

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Will Levis was rumored to go in the top five on draft night earlier this year but fell to the second day as the entire NFL world watched and waited for the former Kentucky standout to get selected.

Tom Brady on Monday wanted to let Levis know that he had to wait too. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Tom Brady watches on from the crowd alongside Jelena Djokovic during the Men's Singles Final match between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Casper Ruud of Norway on Day Fifteen of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros on June 11, 2023 in Paris, France. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) In a video for Fanatics’ "The Locker Room" documentary series, the recently retired NFL legend offered words of encouragement to the Tennessee Titans rookie. "Waiting around on draft day, it sucks," Brady says in the clip. "I know the feeling.

It’s not easy. But I promise you one thing, it’s going to make everything that happens from this point on that much sweeter." Brady was selected No.

199 overall in the 2000 draft by the New England Patriots, and the door opened for him in Week 1 of the 2001 season thanks to a Drew Bledsoe injury.

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