Bennett entered the video game in the second quarter, on the offenses seventh belongings. He finished 20 of 29 passes for 211 lawns and two touchdowns with no interceptions in Georgias 37-10 triumph. Mathis completed 8 of 17 passes for 55 backyards and an interception, mainly throughout a sluggish first half in which Georgia ran 49 offensive plays however did not tape-record an offending rating up until a field goal as time ended.
Well choose this week how were going to go forward.” Experience at that position is a premium,” Smart stated.
When hes medically cleared from a knee injury, 1 RelatedSmart said USC move JT Daniels would factor into the quarterback race. Georgia is arranged to host Auburn next week.
Jamie Newman, a graduate transfer from Wake Forest whom lots of pegged as Georgias most likely starter, opted out of the season previously this month to begin getting ready for the NFL draft. Smart said Bennett had actually not gotten lots of associates in preseason practice.
” He prepares himself the proper way without taking the associates,” Smart stated, “and he did an excellent task of that today when he went in and was able to perform the video game strategy.
Bennett redshirted at Georgia in 2017 before moving to Jones County Junior College in Mississippi for the 2018 season, where he went 10-2 and passed for 1,840 lawns and 16 goals. Bennett then rejoined Georgia and backed up starter Jake Fromm in 2019.
” Experience at that position is a premium,” Smart said. “You see that increasingly more throughout the SEC. … Stetson has actually played in a great deal of football video games.”
Smart consistently noted that the offenses battles exceeded Mathis, and said he “still has self-confidence” in the redshirt freshman. Georgia was flagged for 12 charges and saw missed out on tasks by pass receivers and others.
“Weve got to do a much better task as a staff, including me, of helping our quarterbacks be effective,” Smart said.
Georgias quarterback competitors will continue after previous walk-on Stetson Bennett changed starter DWan Mathis in Saturdays season-opening win at Arkansas.
Bennett went into the game in the 2nd quarter, on the offenses seventh belongings. He finished 20 of 29 passes for 211 lawns and 2 goals without any interceptions in Georgias 37-10 triumph. Mathis completed 8 of 17 passes for 55 backyards and an interception, mostly throughout a sluggish first half in which Georgia ran 49 offensive plays but did not tape an offending rating until a basket as time ended.
” We believed it would offer us some energy,” coach Kirby Smart said of the quarterback switch.” [Bennett is] various than DWan in a few of his experience. Hes extremely decisive with the ball and makes excellent choices. Getting to watch them defensively a little bit helped him. Well choose today how were going to move forward. Not all those things that failed were DWans fault. Not all of those were bad choices. Weve got to get better thats for sure.”