Few college quarterbacks have accomplished as much as Stetson Bennett IV. He guided Georgia to back-to-back national championships, throwing for a combined 528 yards with eight total touchdowns and no interceptions in the two title games, winning offensive MVP honors both years. Despite his impressive résumé, there’s a real chance that Bennett won’t hear his name called during this month’s NFL draft—and one league executive claims to know why.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the executive pointed both to Bennett’s diminutive size and off-field issues as the reasons why he could go undrafted. Fowler reports that Bennett’s talent and on-field accomplishments could place him as high as a sixth-round pick, though his physical limitations and arrest on Jan. 29 for public intoxication have given teams pause.
“To me, he’s clearly better than those other guys [in this tier],” the executive told Fowler. “He does some good stuff. But he might go undrafted. His pre-draft has not been good and there are questions about whether he’ll be the pro that you need out of a backup QB.”
