Athens, Ga. – Carson BeckThe Miami transfer decision opened the door Gunner Stockton take it as GeorgiaInitial Quarterback.
Stockton as another possibility of Georgia was confirmed by taking Bulldogs in a college football playoff after the Beck’s operation. Stockton, Junior, then postponed a challenge from newcomers to redshirt Ryan Puglisi Preserve the initial role in spring practice, which ended on Saturday.
Coach Kirby Smart said that Saturday’s Stockton had improved with his “confidence and understood a crime” in the spring.
Running back Cash JonesSenior, said the biggest area of Stockton’s improvement, “decision -making with his reading. I think he did a great job with that.”
After Saturday’s G-Day Scrimmage at the Sanford Smart stadium, Stockton said he did a very good work with his legs and legs. Today he is playing with his feet.
The role of Stockton as a starter was confirmed when he took the field with the offense of the first team. Junior completed 16 out of 34 passages to 309 yards with two landings and one capture in Scrimmage.
“I just saw how resistant the shooter,” Linebacker Raylen Wilson said. “I just like how hard shooter is. Never gets failed and that’s my favorite thing about him.”
Puglisi started off with the offense of the second team, but also got a series with appetizers. In this series Puglisi showed the talent on the arm when he finished each of his three passages to 52 yards and landing. He also threw a scoring pass with capture and led the crimes of the second team.
“They both did some good things,” Smart said about Quarterbacks. “Both have done some bad things. You get a game environment, they need it. … they have to play football. They’re still improving.”
When he asked if Puglis was pushing Stockton, Smart said, “Ryan did a good job. Ryan is still improving. It’s his first spring. He didn’t have a chance to compete and do a lot. He needs to grow. He is still a bit behind the shooter in terms of knowledge but he is catching up.”
The first test of Stockton came when he took the injured Beck in the second half of Georgian victory in Georgia 22-19 overtime over Texas at the southeast conference of the Championship of December in Atlanta.
Stockton’s first start came in a loss of 23-10 sugar bowl Bulldogs at Notre Dame in the CFP semifinals. He finished 20 out of 32 passages to 234 yards with Touchdown and had one of two lost quarrels of Georgia.
Stockton said early in the spring that he focused on taking over the leading role, which comes with the starter.
“It’s a different role, a little more aspect of leadership … Being able to take command and just lead,” Stockton said.
The key to Stockton and Puglisi next season will be additions Noah thomas from Texas A & M and Zacharih branch from USC. They add the depth and ability of a large game to a position that was a weak point in 2024.
“They understand they have some weapons on the outside,” Smart of Stockton and Puglisi said they show that they would use new wide receivers. “We had to rely on those people to do some games.”
