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Stetson Bennett named Heisman Trophy finalist, Georgia quarterback gets invited to 2022 ceremony
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Stetson Bennett named Heisman Trophy finalist, Georgia quarterback gets invited to 2022 ceremony
Quarterback Stetson Bennett was named a Heisman Trophy finalist on Monday.
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And Stetson Bennett IV should win the award.
CJ Stroud didn't win the Big 10 East.
Caleb Williams lost to Utah twice, making Utah's QB more deserving.
And while getting TCU to the playoff is an outstanding accomplishment, Max Duggan didn't win a conference title.
The other 3 QBs had better numbers and are better players, but Bennett had a bigger impact on college football this season.
I will also add an intangible: leadership. Ever since he was a walk-on, his teammates have supported him and been 100% in his corner. Even after dark times like the Florida loss in 2020 and the Alabama loss in 2021. This clearly was a huge reason why none of the 4 and 5 star talent with NFL futures didn't complain about UGA running an offense this season that compromised their statistics and NFL prospects. There were some players who did so like Jermaine Burton, and their decisions to prioritize their shot at lifetime financial security from the NFL should be respected. However, so should the decisions of those who remained, and that is a key part of what should be the Bennett Heisman story. No UGA player - current or even former - has had anything but good things to say about Bennett. Everyone likes him, plays for him and that is a huge reason why UGA has only lost 1 game with 2 years. It isn't talent. Alabama has more guys on the All-SEC team than UGA does, and USC is loaded with future NFL players. It is the ability to come together as a team. UGA has done that and SB IV is its unchallenged leader.
Bennett IV should win the award. There is no argument for anyone else.
Congratulations Mailman…..you’re a DGD. Go Dawgs!!!
Good for Bennett. I don’t think he will win it, but he has earned the right to be at the ceremony. However, the definition of the heisman that was shown during the game Saturday describes Bennett, not the other finalists. Go Dawgs!!
Congrats!! If we would have turned him lose the last three games, he could've gotten his numbers up enough to win it.
A three-time championship MVP, Stetson has accomplished what few other UGA QBs have. I had been thinking...just maybe, after his prolific performance against LSU... this time he just may get the Heisman finalist nod...he did. Gotta say, Hooker of TN, I believed would be the only one keeping him out. Stetson outplayed Hooker in that match-up earlier...that did it.
Congratulations, Stetson, you have made DawgNation proud. Now win it.
Stetson totally deserves this! His story is a movie waiting to happen, with or without a HEISMAN. SO proud of this young man and all the Dawgs!
I confess that I wasn't always a Stetson Bennett fan. I said before last season that we couldn't win a National Championship with him as our starting quarterback. I wasn't the only one who said that on here, but I own my incorrectness. Now, there is NO DOUBT that what Stetson has accomplished at the University of Georgia is downright remarkable. From where he's come from to where he is, is a story that should be produced and proclaimed throughout the land forever, regardless of whether he actually wins the Heisman Trophy. It's more than him just being a walk-on who won an SEC and National Championship. It's about how you could literally see the belief he had in himself, when even his own coaches and others didn't believe in him at all. He NEVER wavered in that belief and I, for one, am sorry I ever doubted this DGD. Props to you Stetson Bennett, and Go Dawgs!
I often think of the poster on this site who, when Stetson was give a scholarship to return from JC wrote “Mark my words - Stetson Bennett will never take a meaningful snap in a Georgia uniform.” Stetson won’t win the Heisman, but he’ll be wined and dined, he’ll have a feature interview during the show, they’ll put together a video on his life and family, etc. Interestingly, there are those who think that Stetson‘s too small for the NFL, but that Bryce Young will be the top pick. The two are the same size and Stetson’s a finalist this year while Bryce is not. What’s more, if the Dawgs win out, he’ll be one of five players in college football history to QB two teams to national championships, making him a College Football Hall of Fame shoo-in. So much for last season’s naysayers.
Beautifully done.
Stetson has my vote. His Heisman will be a lifetime achievement award.
As has been noted, Stet is the very definition of the Heisman.
Congratulations to Stetson Bennett, his teammates and coaches, his family, his hometown, and every Dawg fan who has supported him and cheered him on.
Go, Dawgs!
Whos better than the mailman - he always delivers...
Stetson is taller, faster, and better than last years winner. And he beat him head to head. By a lot.
"The Heisman is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard work."......If this doesn't epitomize Stetson Bennett, I don't know what does. The Heisman is NOT a stat trophy....though in the past few years it has seemed that way. I nor anyone I know can offer a more convincing argument supporting the notion that this one individual has meant more to the success of the 2021 and 2022 Bulldawg Team. Stetson is the personification of a Heisman Football player.......In Heaven tonight Frank Sinkwich, Charlie Trippi and Vince Dooley are saluting SBIV achievement!
Congratulations to Stetson "the mailman" Bennett. Your accomplishments have proven everyone wrong. I hope you receive this great reward. Let's GO Dawgs and win another Natty.