Stetson Bennett arrested for public intoxication in Dallas

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was arrested on Sunday for public intoxication.

Quarterback Stetson Bennett, who just led the Georgia Bulldogs to a national championship weeks ago, was arrested in Dallas early Sunday morning and held in a city detention center for several hours according to WFAA.

After being charged for public intoxication, Bennett was released around 11 a.m. local time.

Police were dispatched to an area around 6 a.m. after reports of a man banging on doors. Bennett was there and determined to be intoxicated and subsequently arrested, but it’s unclear whether he was the one banging on doors.

Arrest could tank whatever draft stock Stetson Bennett had left

From the draft prospect perspective, Stetson Bennett is a curious case as he looks to continue his football career and take it to the professional level. Bennett is shorter than most pro quarterbacks and also older. At 25, he is just two years younger than Patrick Mahomes who now has six years of NFL experience.

Those doubts, compounded with an off-field issue could lead to him going undrafted entirely and having to claw his way onto an NFL roster. Bennett skipped the Senior Bowl in part to get ready for the draft in Dallas, so optically, not great.

That said, there are plenty of unknowns about the story and what happened on Sunday morning, so it’s impossible to say exactly what professional teams will think of Bennett as a prospect after this incident. Perhaps since he is likely already viewed as a wild card pick of sorts, this incident doesn’t change the calculus for drafting him much at all.