National Championship-Winning Quarterback Arrested in Dallas
University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight national championship, was arrested early Sunday after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors.
Bennett, 25, was charged with public intoxication and taken to the city detention center, Dallas police said.
Police said that at about 6:10 a.m., officers responded to reports of a man banging on doors. The location given by police was a community of townhomes near downtown Dallas.
He was later released.
Former Georgia QB Stetson Bennett released from a Dallas city detention center after his arrest on a public intoxication charge‼️
pic.twitter.com/6kmlU7ysi2— OutKick (@Outkick) January 29, 2023
Last week, Bennett told reporters that he would be training for his pro career in Fort Worth, Texas, which is about 30 miles west of Dallas.
There was plenty of social media reaction to the news, of course.
Much of it centered on Bennett’s age. At 25, he’s the same age as some players currently in the NFL. (Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bill defensive player whose near-fatal injury on the field on Jan. 2 united the nation in prayer, for instance, is only 24.)
At least we know that Stetson Bennett was definitely not suspected of underage drinking.
— The Knidiot 🍺 ⚾️ 🇺🇸 ⭕️ H❗️⭕️ (@andrade21) January 29, 2023
Who had Stetson Bennett getting arrested before he got a 2nd national championship ring, PAWL?
I’d say he is just a kid but most 25 yr olds got a family started & work 40 hours a week.
@raisingcanes really soured him about an actual workplace
— BamaGoose256 (@KeepDerekDooley) January 29, 2023
And some of it was humor about his team’s domination in the championship game.
On Jan. 10, Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No. 1 Georgia demolished No. 3 TCU 65-7 at SoFi Stadium outside Los Angeles to win the College Football Playoff national championship.
Bennett threw for two touchdowns and ran for two — in the first half.
If the TCU defense had been tasked with arresting Stetson Bennett, he’d still be out there bangin’ on doors.
— Jeremy Timmerman (@jtimm684) January 29, 2023
Bennett walked on at Georgia nearly six years ago at the beginning of its growth into college football’s most dominant program.
The University of Georgia athletic department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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