Stetson Bennett is one prospect who has been surrounded by a very mixed bag of opinions for the entirety of his college football career, but if there's one thing everyone should be able to agree upon, it is that there will never be another quite like him.

Bennett is one of the greatest — if not the greatest — underdog story that college football has to offer. Bennett, a former walk-on who had just one FBS scholarship offer coming out of high school from Middle Tennessee, defied the odds as he went from an unknown to a player who beat out one of the most touted quarterback recruits in the nation.

Here's a complete look into Bennett's story and how it may truly never be replicated ever again.

Stetson Bennett career timeline

2017: Georgia (first stint as a walk-on)

2018: Transfer to Jones Community College

2019 – 2022: Return to Georgia

2023: Selected by Los Angeles Rams in 2023 NFL Draft

Bennett could be considered one of the greatest and most inspiring stories in college football over recent history, going from a walk-on to a two-time national champion.

Bennett's college career began when he joined the Bulldogs as a walk-on in 2017, passing up his lone FBS scholarship offer from Middle Tennessee. He found himself behind Jake Fromm and Justin Fields on the depth chart without taking a snap during his freshman season and would depart from Athens to Jones Community College in Ellisville, Mississippi.

He tossed for 1,840 yards and 16 touchdowns in one season, returning to Georgia in 2019 with more experience under his belt.

Bennett served as the backup to Fromm, completing 20 of 27 passes for 260 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in 2019. Transfer prospect Jamie Newman was surrounded by a lot of hype on what he could potentially do for the Bulldogs in 2020, but opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

D'Wan Mathis opened the season as the starter instead, with Bennett behind him. Mathis performed below standard, and Bennett broke onto the scene as the starter for five games before he was ultimately overtaken by JT Daniels.

Bennett had completed 55.5% of his passes for 1,179 yards with 8 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.

Largely due to injuries to Daniels, Bennett was named the starter once more in 2021, passing for 2,862 yards with 29 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He also rushed for 259 yards with 1 touchdown on the ground. The decision to keep Bennett off the bench once it appeared Daniels was ready to go was a point of controversy as some argued the Bulldogs won the national championship that season in spite of some notable mistakes by Bennett en route to the 33-18 victory over Alabama.

Bennett fixed his decision-making errors and silenced his doubters as his stock rose, completing 68.3% of his passes for 4,128 yards with 27 touchdowns (10 rushing) and 7 interceptions.

He finished fourth in the race for the Heisman Trophy, leading the Dawgs to a 15-0 record and a 65-7 win over TCU in the national championship.

Bennett was selected by the Rams in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft with the No. 128 overall pick, but missed the entirety of his rookie season due to undisclosed personal reasons.

There may never be another walk-on story like Stetson Bennett, either

Bennett's successes and fairytale story of a career will be hard for any prospect to repeat moving forward, but there's an even more literal reason why there may never be another Stetson Bennett that has to do with the House vs. NCAA settlement as well.

How the House vs. NCAA case could affect roster limits in college sports

There could be the case that schools that center around particular sports could capitalize on the fact that scholarship limits like the 85 available for football, would be eliminated. At the same time, they would be replaced by lower roster caps for each sport.

It is also possible for scholarship limits to be eliminated with roster caps still implemented as a move outside of the settlement expected to come within the next two weeks.

“If there are more scholarships, then there’s more revenue going to athletes,” Mit Winter, an attorney specializing in college sports, said in a report from The Athletic. “It’s not direct cash payments, unlike revenue sharing, but schools want to get some credit as part of this settlement for adding these scholarships.”

Overall, it gives programs more autonomy across various sports, and one thing to watch will be the potentially heavy scholarship additions for sports like baseball in places where it is prominent at the college level like Mississippi State and Vanderbilt in the SEC.

"But there’s a chance there are no roster caps. Let the market decide or at least the schools: If Alabama wants to splurge for 125 football scholarships in a certain year, let it," The Athletic's Seth Emerson explained. "If Vanderbilt wants to pay for 35 scholarship baseball players, more power to the Commodores. If you have resources, not having a scholarship cap allows you more autonomy and flexibility."

What could roster limits mean for walk-ons?

The end of scholarship limits in sports could also mean the end of the walk-on as we know it, considering that scholarships would come in other sports if the football limit were to remain at 85.

The majority of sports, including football at 120, have roster limits that are already set with a line between those who were scholarship and walk-ons. How the situation continues to progress will be something to keep an eye on.