April 19, 2024
Georgia's Stetson Bennett and TCU's Max Duggan share similar stories as quarterbacks who needed to disprove doubters before finding starring roles for next Monday's national championship game.
It's no surprise Bennett says he immediately liked Duggan when the two spent time together at the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York last month.
“Max is an awesome dude,” Bennett said Tuesday.
“Whenever we were there, it was more like we were a bunch of dudes and we were all hanging out. ... But he’s an A-plus dude. He works hard. All those things. But I think he’s the heart and soul of that team. ... And there’s something to be said for both his story and my story and the fact that we’re here in the end.”
Duggan was the runner-up to University of Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams in the Heisman voting. Bennett finished fourth, behind Ohio State's C.J. Stroud.
While Duggan lost his starting job at the start of the season, Bennett was a walk-on in 2017 before leaving Georgia and returning to land the starting job. Bennett led Georgia to its first national championship since 1980 last season.
