Georgia QB Stetson Bennett playing sick today vs South Carolina
Starting quarterback Stetson Bennett is playing in Saturday’s Georgia-South Carolina game with an illness, UGA coach Kirby Smart said at halftime of the ESPN broadcast.
Smart said Bennett had a stomach bug during the week. He went to the locker room and came back out Saturday, the coach said. He added that Bennett drank too much water and took a hit during the game as well. Bennett was seen vomiting on the sideline.
“He was dry-heaving back in the drive where he didn’t get the pass out there in the flat. I could tell something wasn’t right,” Smart said after the game. “He fought through it. He made a couple of throws where he threw up before it. I felt like he over-hydrated. We kept pumping in the water to him, pumping it in him, pumping it in him.
“But he is a competitor and wouldn’t come out.”
He needed oxygen when he went back to the locker room in the first half, reported by Molly McGrath of ESPN.
Bennett completed 13 of his 20 pass attempts in the first half for 166 yards and one touchdown. No. 1 Georgia led the Gamecocks 24-0 at the half.
“It was overhydration and heat hydration,” Bennett said. “It was weird. I’ve probably thrown up before, but I’ve probably been sick before. I wasn’t sick today. I just threw up. This is the hottest place in the world.”
This story was originally published September 17, 2022 at 2:03 PM.
