Depend Faculty Soccer Corridor of Famer and CBS Sports activities analyst Aaron Taylor among the fans of Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton, who led the Bulldogs to an exciting 44-41 additional time win towards Tennessee on the street on Saturday. The SEC matchup was touted as Stockton’s first true check as Georgia QB this season.
“I will give the sport ball this week to Gunner Stockton,” Taylor stated Tuesday.
Added the analyst: “Gunner, you characterize every part that is nice about soccer and this sport. You saved your mouth shut and also you delivered when it mattered most. You pushed all of the chips in on your self, you wager on your self and also you dropped a dime and rose to the second when your finest is required.”
Gunner Stockton sat behind Carson Beck, Stetson Bennett
Stockton is in his first season as a full-time starter for the No. 5 Bulldogs (3-0). He enrolled at Georgia in 2022 and sat behind Stetson Bennett and Carson Beck. Nonetheless, the 21-year-old redshirt junior received appreciable taking part in time in Georgia’s postseason run final season.
Stockton helped lead the Bulldogs to an SEC Championship Sport win over Texas after Beck suffered an damage and in addition began in Georgia’s Faculty Soccer Playoff loss towards Notre Dame.
The matchup towards Tennessee was Stockton’s first profession begin towards an SEC opponent. In opposition to the Volunteers, he threw for for 304 yards, two touchdowns and completed 74% of his passes. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound QB displayed poise despite playing in a hostile environment in a rivalry the Bulldogs have won nine consecutive times.
Gunner Stockton threw key TD pass late against Tennessee
In a 4th-and-7 situation with Georgia trailing 38-30 late in the fourth quarter, Stockton threw a 28-yard TD pass to wideout London Humphreys to give the Bulldogs a chance to tie. Stockton then converted a two-point conversion pass to Zachariah Branch to tie the score at 38.
Stockton also contributed 38 yards rushing and a TD. Georgia HC Kirby Smart’s offense is predicated on the power game, and Stockton executed the game plan perfectly.
Taylor, who starred at Notre Dame from 1990-93, knows football, and he likes what he sees in the Georgia QB.
“It was the way he blocked out all of the noise,” Taylor said about Stockton. “Somehow he had humility but confidence.”
