Stetson Bennett says bye week 'helped out' in his injury recovery

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett injured his shoulder two seasons ago in a 44-28 loss to the Florida Gators, and has since reaggravated the same injury from his sophomore campaign.

Ahead of the Florida game this season, Bennett gave an update on his injury and how he’s been dealing with it throughout the year.

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“A couple of years ago we got smoked,” Bennett said of how he sustained the injury. “Slid the protection left and they came from the right. That was the play that me and Marcus got hurt. We were rolling, that was a tough injury, tough touchdown play was what that was.

“As far as this year, it got a little banged up against Missouri, it got hit a little bit. Auburn a little shaky. Going into Vandy it felt like I was healing up a bit and i feel better now. Bye week helped out. I’ll try not to do that this year because I thought I snapped my collarbone in half. It hurt so bad. I didn’t.”

Even though the shoulder has been bothering him, entering Week 8 (before the bye), Bennett ranked seventh in the country in passing yards (2,033), but seven passing touchdowns through seven games – including a three-game stretch without a touchdown pass – shows signs of injury fatigue for the Georgia QB1.

Still, the Bulldogs are undefeated on the season and still sit atop the AP Top 25 Poll heading into the always-important annual showdown against Florida in a matchup where the 4-3 (1-3, SEC) Gators have nothing to lose with their hopes of a SEC West title now out of the window.

Bennett is rest and ready to go, and kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET live on CBS. Georgia is coming into TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida Saturday as 22.5-point favorites.