D.J. Shockley, Georgia’s quarterback for its most recent SEC title in 2005, has a strong bond with Bulldogs starter Hutson Mason.ATHENS, Ga. – History is repeating itself again among University of Georgia quarterbacks.
With fifth-year senior Hutson Mason eager to make the most of his one full season guiding the Bulldogs, there is someone he can talk with who has been there before. In 2005, D.J. Shockley was a fifth-year senior who finally got his chance to run the show.
“We already have the brotherhood of being Georgia quarterbacks, so we know what it’s like to be the guy at a big university,” Shockley said. “We already have that in common, but for Hutson and I to be in the same situation — we’re both Georgia guys who waited our time and finally got to start in our fifth years — I think Hutson reached out because he can relate a little more to me.
“He knows I’ve been in this exact same situation.”
The bond between Shockley and Mason is similar to the one between David Greene and Aaron Murray. Greene became the first starting quarterback of the Mark Richt era in 2001 as a redshirt freshman, and the second redshirt freshman to take the reins for the rest of his career was Murray in 2010.