OXFORD, Miss. — A split second later, Will Levis is a hero.
If the Kentucky football quarterback calls for a snap a moment later on the seventh-ranked Wildcats’ final drive here — if he holds off a beat longer before he lofts a pass to wide receiver Dane Key in the end zone — UK takes a late lead and probably leaves Vaught-Hemingway Stadium with a win.
Instead, Levis jumped the gun.
He took the snap before the Cats were set. Key’s leaping catch was waved off for an illegal motion penalty.