Georgia (first stint) Bennett was a
walk-on at Georgia his freshman season in 2017. He did not take a snap the whole season. After five-star high school quarterback
Justin Fields committed to Georgia in 2018, Bennett decided to transfer to
Jones College.
Jones College After his transfer, Bennett played in 12 games and threw for 16 touchdowns and 1,840 yards in his sophomore season. but he ended up returning to Georgia. The Bulldogs were in need of a backup quarterback after Fields transferred to
Ohio State. Georgia offered Bennett a scholarship. He accepted and became Georgia's second-string quarterback.
Georgia (second stint) 2019–2020 As
Jake Fromm's backup in 2019, Bennett had two touchdowns and one interception on the season as a junior. He also had one rushing touchdown. He most notably appeared in the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship Game when Fromm went down with an injury. Heading into his senior season (2020), Bennett started the season as a backup quarterback to
D'Wan Mathis. Mathis was named the starter after
Jamie Newman, the planned starter, opted out of the season. Bennett became the starter after poor play from Mathis. A few months later,
USC transfer
JT Daniels took the starting job. Bennett appeared in eight games, of which he played significant time in six of them. He finished with 1,179 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns, and six interceptions to go along with two rushing touchdowns.
2021 Bennett began his 5th-year senior season as the backup to JT Daniels. He made his first appearance and first start of the 2021 season against the
UAB Blazers after Daniels went down with an oblique injury. In that game, Bennett tied the record for most touchdowns in a game by a Georgia quarterback, with five. Bennett was trusted with the starting job for the rest of the season, and he led the Bulldogs to a 12–0 record. He finished the season with 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions. On December 4, 2021, Bennett threw for three touchdowns and two interceptions in the 41–24 loss in the
SEC Championship Game against the
Alabama Crimson Tide. He was criticized for the loss, leading many to believe that JT Daniels should get the start against
Michigan in the
Orange Bowl. Bennett remained the starter and helped lead the Bulldogs to a victory over Michigan. In the 34–11 victory, Bennett passed for 313 yards and three touchdowns. Bennett led the Bulldogs to a victory in the
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game in a rematch against Alabama to give Georgia their first national title since 1980. Bennett passed for 224 yards and two touchdowns in the 33–18 victory.
2022 On January 20, 2022, just ten days after winning the National Championship and amid speculation that he would transfer, Bennett announced his return to Georgia. In the preseason,
Adam Rittenberg named Bennett a
Heisman Trophy candidate. Bennett entered his 6th-year senior season as the starter, and in the
season opener against
Oregon, he threw for a then career-high 368 yards while throwing and rushing for three total touchdowns in a 49–3 rout. After his performance, he was named the Walter Camp National Player of the Week and the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week. The following week, Bennett threw for 300 yards, before being replaced in the third-quarter by backup
Carson Beck, in a 33–0 victory. During the
2022 regular season, Bennett led Georgia to a 13–0 record, including an
SEC Championship. During the
2022 SEC Championship Game, he passed for four touchdowns and 274 yards and was named the game's Most Valued Player (MVP) in a 50–30 victory over the LSU Tigers. Bennett finished the year with 20 passing touchdowns, 3,425 passing yards, six interceptions, and seven rushing touchdowns. On December 5, 2022, Bennett was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, finishing fourth. Bennett and the Bulldogs remained #1 and faced up against
C. J. Stroud and the #4 ranked
Ohio State in the
2022 Peach Bowl. Bennett and the Bulldogs beat Ohio State with a score of 42–41 to advance to the
2023 College Football Playoff National Championship for the second consecutive year. On January 9, 2023, Bennett and the Bulldogs defeated the
TCU Horned Frogs in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship, with a score of 65–7. He was named the offensive MVP of the game after combining for six total touchdowns. This tied him with
Joe Burrow, for the most total touchdowns in a College Football Playoff National Championship Game. With the victory, Bennett led Georgia to the largest margin of victory in any
bowl game at the FBS level at the time and becoming just the third team in college football history to finish the season with a record of 15–0. Bennett finished the season passing for 4,127 yards. With this mark, he surpassed the
previous program record for passing yards in a single season, set by
Aaron Murray in
2012.
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