The Georgia Bulldogs might have arguably used a quarterback improve final season.
Carson Beck underperformed in 2024, throwing for 3,485 yards, 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions earlier than struggling a season-ending damage within the SEC Championship Recreation.
Beck’s efficiency wasn’t sufficient for him to leap to the NFL, however he did reach getting Miami to pay him appropriately $4 million for the upcoming season.
Stewart Mandel of The Athletic is fearful about Beck’s alternative at Georgia in 2025, Gunner Stockton. He was “stunned” that head coach Kirby Sensible did not improve at quarterback after dropping to Notre Dame within the Faculty Soccer Playoff quarterfinal.
“There’s one place I’m stunned he didn’t attempt to improve: quarterback,” Mandel wrote. Georgia has rather a lot driving on Gunner Stockton, who, after understandably struggling in aid of Carson Beck within the SEC Championship Recreation towards Texas (off the bench), went 20-of-32 for 234 yards, one landing and no picks towards Notre Dame.
“That sport was successfully over as soon as the Irish scored on a strip-sack of Stockton simply earlier than halftime, then returned the opening kick of the second half to go up 20-3. Stockton was sacked 4 instances, fumbled twice and spent a lot of the sport throwing beneath. However he linked with Arian Smith on a 67-yard deep ball and threw a 32-yard TD to a wide-open Money Jones on a wheel route.
“If these two throws had been indicative of what Stockton can do with a greater supporting solid and one other 12 months within the system, then Georgia will make me look foolish for even entertaining the thought of a slip. But when the remainder of that sport, and the Texas sport earlier than it, had been extra consultant of his ceiling, then it wouldn’t be a complete shock if this preseason top-five staff was out of the working by the top of October.”
Stockton, a six-foot-one, 215-pound junior from Tiger, Georgia, did not look spectacular towards Texas or Notre Dame, two stiff defenses that made deep CFP runs final 12 months. He was used extra as a sport supervisor, and that will not be useful come December.
Except Stockton reveals huge enchancment this season, Georgia might miss out on an opportunity to make the CFP by Thanksgiving. The Bulldogs must play robust SEC foes like Tennessee, Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida and Texas by Nov. 15.
Stockton does not have a lot room for error, and it is curious why Sensible did not look to the switch portal to seek out an skilled quarterback higher suited to tackle a troublesome SEC schedule.
