Carson Beck recalls conversation of being named Georgia starting quarterback

Carson Beck is officially Georgia‘s starting quarterback, and ready for the rigors that comes with that.

Ahead of the 2023 campaign, Beck took some time to recall the conversation where he was named the team’s starting quarterback, and how the entire process shook out.

“The conversation was just very simple, it was straightforward,” explained Beck. “He told us all what was going to happen, and I don’t think it changed much, at least in my mindset. I think we’ve all performed really well during fall camp.

” But it is good to like know that you’re the guy, but it hasn’t changed my approach towards practice, or my approach towards watching film or anything of that sort, so it’s all maintain the same.”

Alas, there wasn’t much pomp and circumstance surrounding the decision, just a simple business move that both Beck and the Bulldogs hopes pays off in spades for both sides.

Georgia is looking for a three-peat, and they believe Carson Beck will give them the best shot to achieve that goal. It remains to be seen if they’re right, but the young quarterback will have his shot.

Kirby Smart shares why Carson Beck is ready to be Georgia’s starting quarterback

As Georgia heads into the 2023 season it does so needing to replace starting quarterback Stetson Bennett, and all hopes are on the shoulders of Carson Beck.

Beck feels prepared for it now, where a younger version of him might have been too influenced by every twist and turn in his journey along the way.

“He keeps his emotions in check and he told me, he said, ‘I’ve been that way since a young kid where I was very volatile as a baseball player,’” coach Kirby Smart said on ESPN’s College Football channel on YouTube. “He was a really talented baseball player. Committed to the University of Florida for baseball in high school and then decided to go the football route. He’s different.”

Beck did indeed end up at Florida’s rival, where he’ll be looking to keep the Bulldogs firmly entrenched atop their post high above the college football world. There are back-to-back national championships to defend.

If that’s going to happen, Beck will have to be really, really good.

The good news is that Smart certainly seems to believe that’s not only possible, but likely. He’s got a lot of confidence in his new starting quarterback, as does the team.

“Players really enjoy him,” Smart said. “They rally around him. He has a way with the skill players. Calm, cool, collected and poised in the pocket.”

To date Carson Beck is 36-of-58 passing for 486 yards, with six touchdowns and two interceptions. So to say his workload as the starting quarterback will be ramped up quite a bit in 2023 is putting it mildly.