NASHVILLE — Will Levis returned to practice Wednesday, testing his recovery from a sprained right shoulder as the Tennessee Titans target their second-year starting quarterback’s return in time for Sunday’s home game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Levis said he feels good but will need to see how he progresses through the week before kickoff Sunday at Nissan Stadium, where the Titans (1-3) will be playing their first AFC South Division game of the season.
″It sucks any time you get an injury, but especially when it’s through a body part that’s so crucial to your career, your life and what you do, it’s scary,” Levis said. “And I’m glad that I came off the field with a diagnosis that wasn’t as bad as it could have been, and I’m working through it to make sure that I can get back to where I was.”
Levis hurt his throwing shoulder during a Sept. 30 road game against the Miami Dolphins, doing so while trying to stretch the ball out to the first-down marker on third down in the first quarter. Mason Rudolph replaced Levis behind center, and the Titans beat the Dolphins 30-12 for Brian Callahan’s first win as a head coach.
It helps that the 25-year-old Levis, a second-round draft pick in 2023, had a similar injury once before. He flexed his left shoulder Wednesday so reporters could see a bump pop up around the AC joint where bone covers the connection between the shoulder and collarbone, saying that was worse than his current injury. He could have had surgery that he called more cosmetic but didn’t.