Stetson Bennett, the quarterback who recently led the Georgia Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships, was arrested early Sunday in Dallas after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors.
Bennett, 25, was charged with public intoxication and taken to the city detention center, Dallas police said.
Officers responded at 6:10 a.m. to reports of a man banging on doors, said police, who gave the location as the 1600 block of Tribeca Way, a location that is a community of townhomes near downtown Dallas.
Video from WFAA-TV showed Bennett leaving the detention center just before 11 a.m. Sunday, but he did not say anything as he got into a vehicle. Georgia’s athletic department did not immediately offer comment Sunday, and an email sent to Bennett’s agent was not immediately returned.
Bennett previously told reporters he would be training for his potential professional football career in Fort Worth, which is about 30 miles west of Dallas. Despite his college success, which included finishing fourth in 2022 Heisman Trophy voting — and winning the Manning Award as the nation’s top quarterback with postseason play factored in — the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Bennett is considered by analysts to be only a possible late-round pick in April’s NFL draft.