Gunner Stockton's old truck isn't the only thing that makes him likable as Georgia's starting QB
Gunner Stockton has yet to start at quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs but he's already stealing the hearts of many fans. Last week fans learned that Stockton drives an old truck that has 300,000 miles on it and not heat or air conditioning. This week we learned that there is nothing he loves more than […]
Gunner Stockton has yet to start at quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs but he's already stealing the hearts of many fans.
Last week fans learned that Stockton drives an old truck that has 300,000 miles on it and not heat or air conditioning.
This week we learned that there is nothing he loves more than his cows.
During media day in New Orleans, Stockton shared the story of how he asked for cows one Christmas and woke up.to them on his family's property in Ruban County, Georgia.
He now has 14 of them.
“He’s old school,” tight end Oscar Delp said of his fellow teammates and roommate. “He’s not a materialistic kind of guy. He’s not into the NIL (name, image and likeness) type stuff. He’s just a guy who likes to be around his friends and his cows.”
Of course, Stockton's cows are now in the back of his mind this week as he gets ready to make his first start against Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.
The sophomore quarterback has had three years to prepare but only three weeks of taking all of the first-team reps and creating an offense that caters to him.
"I can’t say enough for the way he started the season and approached every game,' Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. "Which sometimes that’s just words that we say, you’ve got be ready. But his day in and day out, how he approached getting ready for the game as if he was the starter, I think has prepared him for this moment. If you asked me that last year, I don’t think he had that same mindset. We talked about it going into the season, you’ve got to prepare as you’re the starter every week. And he took that to heart, and he did an excellent job of that.”
And all should go according to plan as long as Stockton stays true to himself.
“My message to Gunner and really to any quarterback that I’ve ever coached is you have to be Gunner Stockton,” Bobo said. “You can’t try to be Coach Kirby Smart, Coach Mike Bobo. You can’t try to be Carson Beck. You can’t try to be Jake Fromm, Stetson Bennett. You have to be Gunner Stockton because I’m going to be Mike Bobo, and I want you to be Gunner Stockton, and if we’re who we are all the time around each other, I think that’s where the trust goes, and you can get further along in the relationship and get where you want to go on the football field if you handle it that way. And nobody’s trying to be somebody else.”
We'll see how things unfold for Stockton and Georgia when the Bulldogs kick off on New Year's Day at 8:45 p.m. ET in New Orleans.
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