Brock Bowers addresses Georgia's quarterback battle

The talk of the town in Athens this spring is the conversation surrounding Georgia’s quarterback battle. However, why talk about it amongst ourselves when we can hear it straight from someone involved in it as a pass catcher?

Brock Bowers is one of those players as the Bulldog’s star tight end and the reigning Mackey Award Winner. Still, from what he said after G-Day, both Carson Beck and Brock Vandagriff are keeping themselves in the race. They’re both competing, answering the bell, and, in turn, helping each other develop.

“They both come out every day just ready to work. One of them has a good day, one of them has a bad day sometimes. They always just bounce back and keep grinding,” said Bowers. “I mean they’re making each other better and just competing in that room.”

Beck seems to be the leader at the moment with how things have gone this spring. His experience also doesn’t hurt either as he threw the second most passes behind Stetson Bennett last season. Even so, while his recent comments have put things up in the air, Vandagriff has given himself his chance as the highest-rated former quarterback recruit on the team.

Since he has led Georgia in every receiving category the past two seasons, the winner of this competition matters a lot to Bowers. However, for now, he didn’t provide a specific answer either as the Bulldog’s quarterback room continues to take shape.

Bowers says Georgia quarterback battle is ‘up in the air’

There are many questions teams face during spring practice but, at least for Georgia, tight end Brock Bowers is the antidote to any possible question marks at the tight end position. But even an All-American like Bowers can’t answer the question of who will be the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs come opening day.

The quarterback battle is the biggest question mark and debate around the two-time defending champion Georgia program.

Rising senior Carson Beck, rising junior Brock Vandagriff , and rising sophomore Gunner Stockton are the three quarterbacks competing for the starting role. Beck and Vandagriff are the two who appear to be at the top of the list at the moment with Beck looking to some outsiders as the favorite at the moment.

Bowers said after the G-Day Spring Game that he thinks the quarterback competition is not over yet.

“I think it’s still up in the air,” Bowers said. “They push each other every day. One might have like a better than another and then could switch off every other day. They just keep pushing each other in that room and it’s just gonna make a team that much better.”

In the mean time, Bowers knows the quarterbacks will continue working hard.

“They know what they’re doing,” Bowers said. “They just come out and produce every single time. That’s what they gotta do.”