Georgia has not but shared something official relating to Beck. The faculty confirmed he had an MRI on Sunday, and Smart shared what he had seen from Beck in a workforce assembly.
“I believe he was fairly somber,” Smart stated. “A tricky deal for him when it comes to not having the ability to go on the market and end within the second half. But he’s additionally excited for his teammates and pleased that it ended the way in which it did, and satirically he obtained to be on the sphere for that.”
Beck threw for an SEC-best 28 touchdowns this season and three,485 yards. He additionally had 12 interceptions, which led the SEC.
Beck has one other yr of eligibility remaining as a result of COVID-19 season. It stays to be seen if he’ll use it or if he’ll declare for the 2025 NFL Draft. He is considered as a possible first spherical choose however isn’t considered as somebody anticipated to go on the very prime of the draft.
Beck has began each recreation for Georgia over the previous two seasons, with a 24-3 file.
With Beck probably out, backup Gunner Stockton would take over because the starter. Stockton took over within the second half towards Texas and completed with 71 passing yards on 16 makes an attempt. He added 8 dashing yards, choosing up a key first down in time beyond regulation. Stockton’s helmet was knocked off in the course of the penultimate play of the sport, forcing him to the sideline. When questioned if Stockton was injured on the play, Smart has repeatedly stated that Stockton was “effective” after the hit to the pinnacle.
“There’s not a recreation we don’t go into that we don’t have a plan for Gunner if he had been to should play,” Smart stated. “I imply, when he’s your backup quarterback. He’s obtained to be able to play, however he capabilities and operates rather well inside our present offense. We don’t assume we now have to vary a lot when it comes to that. He does give us the potential of performing some various things along with his athleticism, and I believed Mike and people guys did a superb job utilizing that.
“The workforce has numerous confidence in Gunner. He’s very sensible, very clever. So I don’t know that it’s numerous change. It’s most likely extra choosing the quantity appropriately when it comes to not having all the pieces that we now have with Carson however having issues that match Gunner.”
If Stockton had been to start out within the Sugar Bowl, it could be the primary begin of his school.
Georgia have time to additional prep Stockton, because it doesn’t play once more till New Year’s Day. The Bulldogs will face the winner of the Notre Dame-Indiana first-round recreation on Dec. 20.
“This state of affairs does provide you with time if that’s what has to occur,” Smart stated. “I imply, there’s time there. But, I imply, expertise is so worthwhile, and you’ll’t actually get expertise on this period of time. I want he’d gotten extra recreation expertise as much as this time limit. There’s not lots we will do about that proper now, so we’re simply ready to search out out extra info.”
