The Bulldogs’ two-time national champion quarterback, who walked on at Georgia and transferred out before returning and beating out others for the job, is an example for those who are forced to com…
INGLEWOOD — This was for the dreamers, for the grinders, for those who were always told they were too small, didn’t have a strong enough arm, or weren’t five-star enough to draw a recruiter’s eye.
Georgia was Bennett’s dream school all along. His parents are both alumni, and he was the state of Georgia’s high school baseball player of the year but passed up a shot at a college baseball scholarship – admittedly, college baseball scholarships are nowhere near a full ride – because he wanted to play quarterback for the Bulldogs.
“I would point probably to the moment his mom and he came into my office and said he was leaving to go to junior college, and that he wanted to play and that he felt he was good enough to play and he wanted to go play,” Smart said. “And he knew there was no guarantee that he was going to play at our place the next season, but he knew he could play if he went to Mississippi.
“I think it was really important for me to go be the guy somewhere again,” he said. “Playing football is pretty much the only way you can get better at playing football, right? So to go be in that position where you are the starter, it comes down to you in certain situations. That taught me a lot. And fighting for a championship over there – you know, we didn’t end up winning it, but – it always teaches you something.
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