He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and later the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
He helped the Packers win the Vince Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XXXI against the New England Patriots.
Levens was born in Syracuse, New York and first attended Nottingham High School, then Notre Dame.
However, he found himself in competition with Ricky Watters, Jerome Bettis, Rodney Culver, Reggie Brooks, and Anthony Johnson, all of whom would play in the NFL, at running back.
The next year, he transferred to Georgia Tech, where—after sitting out a year—he set a school record by averaging 7.2 yards-per-carry.
He was able to come back into the starting lineup late in the season, and showed some major flashes against the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, rushing 27 times for 116 yards and a touchdown.
Going into their season finale against the Arizona Cardinals, the Packers needed to win their game, as well as have the Dallas Cowboys lose later that afternoon.
In addition, the Packers also needed to win the net points scored tie-breaker vs. the Carolina Panthers (who were facing the New Orleans Saints).
The Cardinals and Saints also tried to score frantically as the game progressed to stop their opponents from gaining the net points advantage.
[9] During the 2002 season, Levens played for the Philadelphia Eagles,[10] replacing the injured Correll Buckhalter, and in 2003, with the New York Giants, both times as a backup.