Georgia QB Stetson Bennett gets standing ovation after leaving title game

Georgia Bulldogs QB Stetson Bennett Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Watch: Georgia QB Stetson Bennett gets standing ovation after leaving national championship game

By Andrew Kulha | Last updated 1/9/23

It's incredible to think about Stetson Bennett's Georgia career. It started with Bennett walking on at UGA in 2017 as a two-star recruit before transferring to Jones College in Ellisville, Mississippi for the 2019 season.

It ended with Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart calling a timeout in the fourth quarter of a blowout national championship game so his senior quarterback could receive a standing ovation from Georgia fans ready to celebrate a second-straight title win.

A second-straight national championship win that Bennett orchestrated, mind you.

What a moment:

Stetson Bennett gets a standing ovation leaving the field #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/dsUVnmHmIH
— ESPN (@espn) January 10, 2023

Bennett completed 18-of-25 passes against TCU 304 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions. He also rushed three times for 39 yards and two rushing touchdowns.

He'll go down as a legend of the sport alongside the likes of Tim Tebow, Vince Young, Tommie Frazier, O.J. Simpson, Herschel Walker and others.

Not bad for a scrawny, unathletic-looking walk-on, right?

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