#13

Stetson Bennett

Former quarterback at Georgia. 2022: 4,127 passing yards, 27 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Georgia · Sr. · #13

5′11″ · 190 lb · Blackshear, GA

CFB Index 89 · #4 of 140 QBsHigh confidencePOTY finalist (model)Los Angeles — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 26, #128 overall

The story

Former quarterback at Georgia. 2022: 4,127 passing yards, 27 TD, 7 INT.

Drafted round 4 by the Los Angeles in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia, 8,425 passing yards — drafted at #128 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202215 games

All-SECsecond
Burlsworthwinner
Manningwinner

2023

Drafted by Los Angelesround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Los Angeles · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2022)

Featured in The Canon

#47

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 26

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 49-5 over that span.

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

89All-Conference level #4 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (99th percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (97th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#2 / 169 · 99th pct

56.4%

EPA / dropback#6 / 169 · 97th pct

0.49

Sack rate#11 / 169 · 94th pct

1.9%

Explosive rate#14 / 169 · 92nd pct

14.3%

Interception rate#47 / 169 · 72nd pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#6 / 177 · 97th pct

4127

Rush TDs#7 / 177 · 95th pct

Yards / att#9 / 177 · 94th pct

9.1

Completion %#18 / 177 · 90th pct

68.1%

Pass TDs#18 / 177 · 89th pct

Rush yards#61 / 177 · 66th pct

205

Interceptions#97 / 177 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#127 / 169 · 18th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

96th → 97th percentile

Success rate

94th → 99th percentile

Explosive rate

93rd → 92nd percentile

Sack rate

80th → 94th percentile

Interception rate

48th → 72nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

303/447 (67.8%) · 27 TD · 7 INT

447 of 455 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

9.2311 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

1.9%15 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (15 of 206 QBs) and still 11 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

47%of completions

143 comp5.2 yds avg9 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

33%of completions

99 comp13.6 yds avg6 TD

Deep

20+ yds

20%of completions

61 comp29.6 yds avg5 TD

Overall 67.8% completion on 447 attempts · 61 deep completions averaging 29.6 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home11g	284	2.0	9.4	0.4
Road4g	250	1.2	8.4	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-79g	304	1.6	9.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	232	2.2	8.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

POTY finalist (model)

Our Heisman model has him in the top five; no finalist honor is on the books yet.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #4 of 140 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Georgia	310	455	68.1%	4,127	9.1	27	7	160.8	88	--	--
2021	Georgia	185	287	64.5%	2,862	10.0	29	7	176.7	88	--	--
2020	Georgia	86	155	55.5%	1,176	7.6	8	6	128.5	50	--	--
2019	Georgia	20	27	74.1%	260	9.6	2	1	172.0	--	--	--
Career		601	924	65.0%	8,425	9.1	66	21	160.7	81	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Georgia	57	205	3.6	10	--
2021	Georgia	56	259	4.6	1	--
2020	Georgia	24	54	2.2	2	--
2019	Georgia	4	12	3.0	1	--
Career		141	530	3.8	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 42–41

vs Ohio State

398 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · -18 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.

With K. Jackson — 1 rec · 35 yds · A. Smith — 3 rec · 129 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Oregon · 1&15 · Q3 · EPA +6.89Stetson Bennett pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 18 yds for a TD, (Jack Podlesny KICK)
Week 3 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.27Stetson Bennett pass complete to Brock Bowers for 78 yds for a TD, (Jack Podlesny KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.15Arian Smith 76 Yd pass from Stetson Bennett (Stetson Bennett Pass to Ladd McConkey for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 9 · Florida · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.93Brock Bowers 73 Yd pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick)
Week 13 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.48Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kenny McIntosh for 83 yds to the GEORGIA 4 for a 1ST down GEORGIA TECH Penalty, Horse Collar Tackle (2 Yards) to the GTech 2 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Auburn · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.15Stetson Bennett 64 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick)
Week 4 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.95Stetson Bennett pass complete to Ladd McConkey for 5 yds Ladd McConkey fumbled, forced by Marvin Pierre, recovered by KntSt Marvin Pierre
Week 14 · LSU · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA -3.90Stetson Bennett run for a loss of 8 yards to the LSU 43 Stetson Bennett fumbled, recovered by LSU Jaquelin Roy
Week 4 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -3.86Stetson Bennett pass intercepted Montre Miller return for no gain to the KntSt 5
Week 12 · Kentucky · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.83Stetson Bennett pass complete to Dominick Blaylock for 35 yds to the Kent 34 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 49-3vs Oregon	25/31	368	2	0	11.9	97.3	Season-high 398 yds
Wk 2	W 33-0vs Samford	24/35	300	1	0	8.6	63.2
Wk 3	W 48-7@ South Carolina	16/23	284	2	0	12.3	97.9	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 4	W 39-22vs Kent State	27/36	272	0	1	7.6	68.5
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Missouri	24/43	312	0	0	7.3	73.8
Wk 6	W 42-10vs Auburn	22/32	208	0	0	6.5	75.4
Wk 7	W 55-0vs Vanderbilt	24/30	289	2	0	9.6	90.1	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 9	W 42-20vs Florida	19/38	316	2	2	8.3	81.2
Wk 10	W 27-13vs Tennessee	17/25	257	2	0	10.3	98.1	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 11	W 45-19@ Mississippi State	25/37	289	3	2	7.8	74.3	3 TD passes
Wk 12	W 16-6@ Kentucky	13/19	116	0	1	6.1	75.1
Wk 13	W 37-14vs Georgia Tech	10/18	140	2	0	7.8	--
Wk 14	W 50-30vs LSU	23/29	274	4	0	9.4	—	4 TD passes
Bowl	W 42-41vs Ohio State	23/34	398	3	1	11.7	—
Bowl	W 65-7vs TCU	18/25	304	4	0	12.2	—
Total		310/455	4127	27	7	9.2	81.4

How he plays

Play style

High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

57.5%Completion %

40.9%Conversion/dropback

21.7%Land short of sticks

1INTs

57.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 40.9% conversion-per-dropback — 21.7% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design