TARZANA, Calif. — A day after head coach Sean McVay joked that the Rams would be the first team to carry just one quarterback on their roster all season, Los Angeles drafted Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett in the fourth round.
Prior to Saturday, Matthew Stafford was the lone quarterback on the Rams’ roster. Stafford was in the concussion protocol twice last season and ended the season on injured reserve with a spinal cord contusion.
Bennett, who led Georgia to back-to-back national championships in 2021 and ’22, is the first quarterback drafted by the Rams since they took Jared Goff No. 1 overall in 2016.
In January, Bennett was arrested on a misdemeanor public intoxication charge in Dallas after police officers responded to a report of a man banging on doors, according to a Dallas Police Department spokesperson.
Bennett was the fifth SEC quarterback drafted, tying the most quarterbacks drafted from a single conference in the common draft era, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Bennett finished his Georgia career with a record of 29-3 as a starting quarterback, the second-best record in SEC history with at least 30 starts. In 2022, he became the first quarterback in Georgia history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a single season, according to ESPN Stats & Info.
The Rams traded into the fourth round on Day 2 to acquire the pick from the New York Giants.