Georgia Bulldog QB Stetson Bennett Throws First Pitch For Atlanta Braves
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ATHENS - Former Georgia Bulldog QB Stetson Bennett will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Atlanta Braves’ season opener on Thursday against the San Diego Padres.
Bennett has been preparing for the NFL Draft over the last few months. The former UGA QB is expected to be drafted in the mid-to-late rounds of the event later this month. Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to back-to-back College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championships with wins over Alabama in 2021 and TCU in 2022, has a well-chronicled and borderline unbelievable story. After walking on to the Georgia football team for the 2017 season, he opted to transfer to a junior college to get playing time and experience.
For his career, Bennett passed for 8,428 yards and 66 touchdowns, despite only starting for two full seasons. He ranks in the top five in Georgia history in pass completions, passing yards, passing touchdowns, total offense, completion percentage, and average yards per play. Most impressively, he posted a 29-3 record as the Bulldog starting quarterback.
Meanwhile, the Braves are off to a hot start - going 5-1 to start the season with all six games coming on the road. Although early in the season, the Braves have a 2.5-point lead in the NL East, and are tied with the Brewers for the best record in the National League.
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After a successful year at Jones College in Mississippi, he returned to the Bulldogs on a scholarship, but remained an afterthought on the depth chart in 2019. In 2020, he started five of 10 games and was a solid, though unspectacular performer. In 2021, Bennett rose to the occasion and led the Bulldogs to the CFP Championship – earning Offensive MVP honors at both the CFP Semifinal and the CFP Championship. However, the recently completed 2022 season was when Bennett silenced nearly all of the critics, turning in outstanding performances all season long before raising his game to another level in the postseason, leading the Dawgs to the SEC title and another CFP title.
In three postseason games this year (the SEC Championship, CFP Semifinal, and CFP Championship), Bennett completed 64-of-88 (72.8%) passes for 976 yards and 11 touchdowns while also running for three scores and only tallying one interception. For the full season, he was 310-of-454 (68.3%) for 4,127 yards and 27 touchdowns to go with a team-best 10 rushing TDs.
For his career, Bennett passed for 8,428 yards and 66 touchdowns, despite only starting for two full seasons. He ranks in the top five in Georgia history in pass completions, passing yards, passing touchdowns, total offense, completion percentage, and average yards per play. Most impressively, he posted a 29-3 record as the Bulldog starting quarterback.
Bennett will likely hear his name called at some point this weekend in the NFL Draft, but it won’t be in the 1st round. However, Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Will Levis currently has +1200 odds to be the 1st overall selection to the Carolina Panthers according to FanDuel.
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