At 25 years of age, and undersized at 5-foot-11, Stetson Bennett doesn’t pass the eye test. His arm won’t wow scouts. But he just led Georgia to consecutive national championships.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Now, for the next step in Stetson Bennett’s miraculous career: The NFL.
“The fact that he’s playing in an NFL offense with an NFL coordinator who coached NFL quarterbacks should tell people he’s not going to get marbles in his mouth when he’s spitting out seven-word calls,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said afterto repeat as national champions. “And a lot of NFL teams like that.”
When asked what he hopes the NFL sees in him, Bennett said: “Hard worker, pretty good at football, smart. But they’ll see that. … That will take care of itself. Today we’re national champs.”
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