Stetson Bennett

There is a long list of NFL players younger than Stetson Bennett. The Georgia quarterback is the same age as Lamar Jackson, Daniel Jones and Kyler Murray, ...

Few have been able to capitalize on the sixth year the way Bennett has. Bennett walked on at Georgia in 2017 and redshirted, then transferred after the season to Jones College, a two-year school in Mississippi. That extra year of eligibility is what has allowed Bennett to play a sixth season in college football. Bennett solidified the starting role against Vanderbilt in the fourth week of the season, and didn't look back. Bennett took over as the team's starter against UAB after Daniels was ruled out with an oblique injury. The Georgia quarterback is the same age as Lamar Jackson, Daniel Jones and Kyler Murray, who are all in their fourth year in the NFL.

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett IV is on the verge of capping off a storybook college football season. Bennett and the Bulldogs are rolling against TCU ...

(Data provided by StatHead): [Jacksonville Jaguars](https://www.bigcatcountry.com/) [Chicago Bears](https://www.windycitygridiron.com/) [Philadelphia Eagles](https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/) These are the NFL quarterbacks who played this season who are younger than Bennett. The other two?

The Georgia quarterback has at times been frustrating and fantastic, and he's taken the Dawgs to heights blue chip QBs never have—to the verge of a second ...

There is some talk of Bennett being a suitable NFL backup, and [he cracked the top 10 of Mel Kiper’s available QB prospects,](https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/draft2023/insider/story/_/id/34633986/2023-nfl-draft-rankings-mel-kiper-big-board-top-prospects-every-position) but it’s fringe. Quite frankly, it does not make sense to have a quarterback be the holder. But Daniels suffered an oblique injury and Smart didn’t give him back the starting gig when he was healthy; he transferred to West Virginia after Bennett won the natty. Bennett is a throwback college quarterback, very much in line with the college football tradition of the unspectacular QB on a roster filled with studs, following in the footsteps of the Greg McElroys and the Ken Dorseys of the world. He used to wear a USPS hat to stand out at recruiting camps to be more memorable to recruiters—highlighting his nickname, “the Mailman.” Because “he delivers,” or “he can throw the ball in a mailbox,” or something like that. He walked on at Georgia, where his parents were both alumni, and ran the scout team, [earning praise for his impression of Baker Mayfield ahead of the 2018 Rose Bowl](https://www.dawgnation.com/football/question-day-chance-ugas-stetson-bennett-beats-justin-fields-no-2-qb/). (His first as a holder.) His presence in the college football ecosystem hints at a world where quarterbacks aren’t as special—and yet, he’s the only guy anybody seems interested in talking about, even when surrounded by future pro superstars. To be clear: Stetson Bennett will not be a first-round NFL draft pick. But he went to the NFL this year, leaving a void. I’m talking about the decision this offseason to make Bennett, already a Georgia legend, the holder on the field goal unit. But Bennett believed in himself, and now Georgia is in the national championship game because of it. To be clear, I’m not talking about Kirby Smart’s decision in 2021 to make the former walk-on Georgia’s starting quarterback, with Bennett helping lead Georgia to a national championship.

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett has passed Aaron Murray on the single season passing yards list and has set a new program record.

[It has been a historical career for Bennett in all facets of the game](https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/look-stetson-bennett-bringing-the-stequavious-haircut-back). Bennett's college career may not have gotten off to the smoothest of starts, but his career will finish poetically. He created in-game moments that Georgia fans will hold onto for a lifetime and will finish with a career that nobody in college football will ever forget. He now officially holds the record for most passing yards in a single season in program history. [Flashback: The Last Time TCU and UGA Played](https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/the-last-time-tcu-uga-played) [Where Will Peyton Woodyard Commit?](https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/where-will-peyton-woodyard-commit) [Injury Report: Georgia Banged Up Headed into Title Game](https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/georgia-injury-report-headed-into-national-title-vs-tcu) Murray had set the program record back in 2012 when he threw for 3,893 yards.

Bennett posted six touchdowns in the 65-7 College Football Playoff National Championship win over TCU to finish his career 29-3 as a starting quarterback with ...

He provides more of a mobile ability, and was compared to Jarrett Stidham in the recruiting process. Bennett posted six touchdowns in the 65-7 [College Football](/college-football/) Playoff National Championship win over [TCU](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/TCU/tcu-horned-frogs/) to finish his career 29-3 as a starting quarterback with back-to-back titles, leaving the field at the beginning of the fourth quarter to a standing ovation. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, Beck provides a much more traditional pocket passing profile to the dynamic Bennett. Beck will be a redshirt junior in 2023 and sat behind Bennett each of the past three seasons. Heading into the national championship game, Beck had thrown 55 passes in his career, completing 62% for 455 yards and six touchdowns. After a winding career that began as a Class of 2017 recruit from Blackshear, Georgia, Bennett is finally out of eligibility, however.

Stetson Bennett just completed one of the most remarkable, successful and lengthy college football careers any quarterback has ever had.

Bennett must go now, and don’t put it past him to find a place in the NFL. And if you’re willing to eat off the floor, you can be special.” He needs an opportunity to play for a long time at the next level.” Georgia has a kind of staying power that may exceed the great programs that have attempted to wrestle with Alabama for prolonged supremacy. He changed the offensive line’s protection and zipped an NFL-caliber pass for a completion. The Bulldogs are the greatest threat to the dynasty Nick Saban has built at Alabama. He ran to beat a max blitz for a first down, an impressive display of athleticism and instincts. “I don’t get it,” Bennett told Smart as he wrestled with his decision. From the moment Bennett decided to return last January for a super duper senior season, he envisioned this scenario. As the Bulldogs pursued a repeat after Sports fans have a nasty habit of turning against excessive winners, but while Bennett had plenty of those haters, he was mostly respected as the 5-foot-11 overachiever who grew from forgotten boy to an influential grown-up demonstrating the joy of a young man’s game. If you were tempted to cast the Bulldogs are just the hottest football factory in this high-revenue, production-line sport, Bennett provided a counter to restore the appeal of amateurism.

An uncertain future when it comes to football. Sure, Georgia's quarterback led the Bulldogs to back-to-back championships for the first time since Alabama did ...

Bennett has two national titles, but can that transfer to career in the NFL? "He knew what was coming and he set the guy up. But what he lacks in brawn he appears to make up for elsewhere. A national championship eluded Stafford at Georgia, but he was the No. He ran for a touchdown because he's got a tackle that's like a tight end out there in Broderick. "He did a change of protection and made an elite throw. And what did he do with it? And he smoked that cigar like a seasoned pro as confetti fell from the roof and Georgia backers yelled their approval. "I don't know – hard worker, pretty good at football, smart. It’s uncertain how early his name will be called – assuming it will be called sometime during the three-day draft April 27-29 – but more predictable is what his doubters will say. He waited four long years. He was about to transfer to the University of Louisiana but thought better of it, and waited for his chance in Athens, Georgia.

INGLEWOOD, California – He's 5-foot-11. At least that's what the Georgia roster says of Stetson Bennett. So maybe he isn't even that tall.