Stetson Bennett IV reveals he almost left Georgia this offseason

Stetson Bennett IV led his Georgia Bulldogs to a 37-0 win over Arkansas on Saturday. That almost never happened.

Bennett, who stepped in for JT Daniels, completed 7-of-11 passing for 72 yards and carried the ball 3 times for 16 yards. Daniels is still dealing with a lat injury and was held out of the Arkansas game.

After Saturday’s win, Bennett revealed that he almost wasn’t a Bulldog this season. He said he strongly considered transferring in search of more playing time prior to the 2021 campaign:

#Georgia QB Stetson Bennett admits he contemplated leaving the program — Bulldogs fans are fortunate he chose to stay: https://t.co/GYC53cCLEs pic.twitter.com/3YWXze0Ejd

— MikeGriffith32 (@MikeGriffith32) October 3, 2021

“You don’t play football forever, and you’d like to play football when you can play football,” Bennett said, via DawgNation. “It was a tough decision, probably one of the hardest that I ever made. It was tough and, at the end, I broke it down and I decided to stay.”

Bennett has transferred before. In 2018, he transferred from Georgia to Jones College in Ellisville, Mississippi, before returning to the Bulldogs.

With Daniels’ injury situation still unclear, Bennett could see more playing time. The Bulldogs play at Auburn on Saturday.

Dave Hooker

Dave Hooker started covering Tennessee in 1998. He hosts an SEC radio show out of Chattanooga and covers the SEC for Saturday Down South.