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The Carson Beck experience is a tale of two seasons

by:Justin Nash•12/05/24
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Carson Beck (Brett Patzke-Imagn Images)

The 2024 season has been a wild ride for Georgia signal caller Carson Beck. He started off validating preseason expectations laid out for him, but encountered a really tough stretch that possibly had him on the very edge of getting benched. He has since found a second wind for the 2024 season with his last three games showing what he is capable of.

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Beck entered 2024 as a highly thought of QB, so much so that he was near the top of the pre-season Heisman odds. He has regressed, however, in almost every passing statistic you can find for a quarterback. Passer rating, average yards per attempt, interceptions, completion percentage, you name it and it has probably dropped. After losing Ladd McConkey and Brock Bowers, he has looked really good in some moments without that dynamic duo but also has really struggled in plenty of others.

Those struggles began versus Kentucky and never went away for about 6-7 weeks. During that rough stretch of play he threw 10 TDs to 12 INTs.

You can also look at his ESPN QBR numbers. Against Mississippi State, he registered a 74.0 QBR. That is his ninth worst QBR grade as a starter. He had six more games below 74.0 during that 2024 stretch.

Don’t expect much from a struggling Beck, right? Not exactly.

Ever since playing Tennessee, Beck has returned to form. Now that could be a result of games versus Massachusetts and Georgia Tech, two teams with what most would call weak passing defenses. But it’s a continuation of a trend that the Bulldogs would rather see than the alternative as both teams head to Atlanta.

This should be an exciting matchup between one of the more pass-reliant offenses in Georgia facing off a second time against Texas’ No. 1 pass defense.

The last time the two teams played, the Texas defense “won” the battle against Beck. Texas limited the 6-foot-4, 215-pounder to 175 yards on 4.3 yards per attempt and intercepted him three times.

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He’s done better in the games since. Is a different outcome than October 19 on the way, or will Beck maintain his trajectory ahead of the postseason? Texas will have a hand in determining that on Saturday.

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