Rams GM Les Snead Shares Details On Stetson Bennett’s Bizarre Leave Of Absence.
When the Los Angeles Rams used the 128th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft on Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, some believed the two-time national champion could be the heir apparent to Matthew Stafford.
Less than six months later, Bennett was off the team entirely while dealing with an issue that was ‘bigger than’ football according to coach Sean McVay.
Now Rams general manager Les Snead has revealed a bit more about what Bennett was dealing with and his future with the organization.
“I know this: Last year was very beneficial for him. I think he took advantage of that year away from the game,” Snead said in a recent interview with News 19 in Alabama. “You know what, he’s an exhausted human being based on everything he had done to walk on, to go to JUCO, to come back, to turn down small schools, say ‘I’m going to try to do this Georgia thing.’
“To win a job, then to win the thing, and then to determine, ‘I’m going to come back.’ And when you come back, it’s really win it again or you failed. And that does take a toll on a human being, so I was jacked for Stetson to be able to take that moment and breathe a little bit.”
