ATHENS, Ga. — There was a plan and no reason for Stetson Bennett to think he would deviate from that plan. Georgia was part of a past life. A past life where he left regret and had been unfulfilled, but the past nonetheless.
This was the beginning of the early signing period and Bennett, who had dreamed of playing quarterback at Georgia but had transferred out because he saw no path to his dream, was going to sign with a Sun Belt school.
Then Bennett woke up that mid-December morning and looked at his phone. He looked at the missed calls. Kirby Smart. James Coley.