Safe to say no one saw Stetson Bennett being the one to lead Georgia to its first National Championship since 1980 last season. The Bulldogs brought back JT Daniels, who had not lost a game as a starting quarterback at Georgia. Add in Carson Beck winning the No. 2 quarterback job last spring and the arrival of 5-star freshman Brock Vandagriff and Bennett once again seemed like he would be buried on the depth chart.
Yet when Daniels suffered an early-season injury, it was Bennett who stepped in as the starter. When Daniels picked up another injury against Vanderbilt, Bennett once again stepped in and led the Georgia offense. Bennett threw for 29 touchdowns to just seven interceptions last season while completing 64 percent of his passes. Bennett was far from perfect against Alabama, but he completed his final four passes of the national championship game, with two of them going for touchdowns.
Daniels elected to enter the transfer portal following the 2021 season, with Oregon State recently emerging as a possible contender for his services. But Bennett returns for his sixth season of eligibility. Beck and Vandagriff seem poised to battle for back-up job this spring while also pushing Bennett. Georgia also added 4-star early enrollee Gunner Stockton to the mix as well.
Even with all the tumult, the quarterback position saw in 2021, Georgia is still set up for success at the position going forward. So much so that in ESPN’s power rankings of future quarterback situations, Georgia came in at No. 5.
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