Stetson Bennett Makes First Statement Regarding January Arrest
Former Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett certainly made life hard for himself the night of Jan. 26, when he was arrested in Dallas, Texas, for public intoxication. According to the incident report released this week, Bennett “hid behind a wall” to avoid the police.
Bennett, in Dallas Friday for pre-combine training, gave his first statement since the arrest.
“It was a mistake that everybody’s aware of,” Bennett said, via PFT via NBCSports.com. “I understand why that can’t happen. I’ve talked to coaches about it, talked to GM’s. I’ve apologized to my family. That’s who I felt worse about; I felt like I let them down, because no matter where I go now [people are going to know about it]. Even without all this, I’ve got an obligation. I’m the fourth [Stetson Bennett]. You can’t do that if you’re last name is Bennett. I know better.”
Bennett took a lot of flak for not participating in the Senior Bowl this year, which would have meant he was in Mobile, Alabama, at the time of his arrest. His pushback was for him not trying to improve his draft stock.
“I never. . . It was more so [skipping] the Shrine Bowl. It wasn’t really the Senior Bowl,” Bennett said, via PFT via NBCSports.com. “I really wanted to play in it. There was a lot going on at the moment. Discussed with people that were close to me, asked advice. Decided that I needed to go train. I needed to get better. I do wish that I could have but just ultimately decided the other was the better choice.”
If you ask me, he got some bad advice. I was at the Senior Bowl this year, and there are guys there who drastically improved their draft stock.
Stetson Bennett had no draft stock, and choosing not to go to Mobile confirmed what we knew all along: he is un-draftable.
He could’ve gone to the Senior Bowl and competed, maybe showed a little something, and improved his stock. Instead, he decided it would be better to put himself in a position to be arrested, tanking what little stock there was. Good one.
