Stetson Bennett attended Pierce County High Schoo and led his team to three consecutive state playoff appearances, throwing for 3,724 yards, running for 500 more, and scoring 40 total touchdowns as a senior. Despite this, he was rated just a 2-star recruit by ESPN and also handed a 2-star grade by 247 Sports.

Following high school, Bennett opted to join Georgia, but after Justin Fields (now a Chicago Bear) committed to the Bulldogs Bennett saw the writing was on the wall and wisely chose to transfer to Jones County College. After a solid year at the JUCO level, he transferred back to Georgia sensing an opening there following Fields leaving for Ohio State. Bennett was handed the second-string spot at Georgia behind Jake Fromm.

>In 2019 Bennett saw action in 4 games for the Bulldogs as he threw for 260 yards on 27 attempts with a completion percent of 74.1 for an average of 9.6 yards per pass, with 2 TDs, while taking no sacks, and a QB rating of 113.2.

In 2020 he got his big break when starter D'wan Mathis was benched for poor play and Bennett was given the starting job. Over the remaining games he started all 8 games as he passed for a pretty pedestrian 1174 yards on 158 attempts with a completion percent of 54.4 for an average of 7.4 yards per pass, with 8 TDs, while also taking 4 sacks, and putting up a QB rating of 79.5. He made 23 runs for a total of 101 yards at an average of 4.4 per rush.

As a senior in 2021 Bennett was again relegated to the back role as transfer JT Daniels was gifted the starting job. Daniels lasted just one game before going down with an injury, giving him a second chance to impress as the starter - this time he didn't disappoint. Playing in a total of 13 games he threw for 2637 yards on 261 attempts with a completion percentage of 64 for an average of 10.1 yards per attempt adding 27 TDs, and allowing 9 sacks, with an excellent QB rating on the year of 120.8. As a runner, he logged 46 runs for a total of 347 yards at an average of 7.5 per run. The year was capped off with him successfully quarterbacking the Bulldogs to the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game in a rematch against Alabama.

Bennett surprisingly opted to stay at Georgia and forgo entry into the draft - and as a fifth-year senior in 2022 while playing in 13 games as he threw for an elite 3430 yards on 395 attempts with a completion percent of 67.8 for an average of 8.7 yards per pass, putting up a decent 20 TDs, while taking 9 sacks, and totaling a QB rating of 105.4. He added 49 runs for a total of 224 yards at an average of 4.6 per run.