{"id":2058,"date":"2023-04-05T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T20:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T20:37:52","slug":"carson-beck-trying-to-learn-from-past-apply-lessons-to-present-in-georgia-qb-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/carson-beck-trying-to-learn-from-past-apply-lessons-to-present-in-georgia-qb-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Beck trying to learn from past, apply lessons to present in Georgia QB battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATHENS, Ga. \u2014 Carson Beck<\/a><\/strong> has been around Georgia\u2019s football program for three full seasons. He\u2019s watched three different quarterbacks start games and shared a position group with a total of six scholarship players throughout the years. Being the oldest in the room with an open starting spot available, it\u2019s easy to assume he\u2019s the guy, but Beck doesn\u2019t feel as if anything is owed to him. He\u2019s got to earn it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year is individual of itself. I think every quarterback, honestly, should feel that way every single year they step into it,\u201d Beck said when asked if there was any part of him that had to fight the notion that he should be the guy based on seniority<\/a>. \u201cEven last year with Stetson, he just came off a National Championship, of course, every day I walked out there, I felt like I was the guy. I think that\u2019s the mindset that you have to have at the position of quarterback because there\u2019s only one guy out there. When you get your opportunity, you have to seize it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beck says he\u2019s grown the most over the last year because of the reps he was able to get as Georgia\u2019s backup quarterback in 2022. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Beck appeared in seven games last season, completing 26 of 35 passes for 310 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously a big part of that is reps and experience and getting into games. Last year was really big for me. Obviously Stetson had a great year and went out on top, which was awesome. He did really well in certain games. We got up big and I got to get some experience in a few of those games,\u201d Beck said<\/a>. \u201cI guess the biggest thing I would say is having the experience and continuing to grow on that with further reps the more practices that we get.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking of Stetson Bennett<\/a><\/strong>, Beck has been able to sit back and watch how he operated things every year since his arrival in Athens. The first season Beck was on campus saw some ups and downs at the quarterback position, ultimately ending with JT Daniels<\/a><\/strong> being the best option to finish out the year. Then, the second in 2021 went the opposite way with Bennett taking the reins from Daniels based on availability and leading the team to the national title. Finally, the third year served as the magnum opus for Monken-Bennett marriage with Bennett becoming the first Georgia quarterback to throw for over 4,000 yards, earning a trip to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony in the process while the Bulldog offense averaged 40+ points per game. From all those situations, Beck feels as if he\u2019s learned something he can apply to his own game as he tries to take over as the starter with Bennett gone and an open door.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every quarterback that\u2019s ever come through this room I\u2019ve been able to learn from. That goes for even the guys that are in here,\u201d Beck said<\/a>. \u201cEveryone is so different at the quarterback position. It\u2019s such a unique position because there\u2019s no one body frame, one body type, or one way that you\u2019re supposed to play quarterback. There\u2019s so many different things and different aspects of being a quarterback. I\u2019d say I\u2019ve taken little bits and pieces from every quarterback that\u2019s walked through this room.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously we\u2019ve had plenty of conversations, and even in the past couple months, whenever he\u2019s been back, I\u2019ve talked to him about what\u2019s it been like on his journey,\u201d Beck added, speaking specifically about his conversations with Bennett<\/a>. \u201cI think the biggest thing for him was how he was able to handle adversity and being counted out, and having to sit and wait. It\u2019s the prime example, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a better example of sitting and waiting and being counted out and finally coming to an end and doing what he did, winning two national championships. So obviously I\u2019ve learned a lot from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the largest lessons Beck believes he\u2019s learned since stepping foot on campus in 2020 is a response mechanism for when things don\u2019t go the way he wants. He didn\u2019t throw any interceptions in 2022 \u2013 something Kirby Smart loves to see considering the emphasis he puts on quarterback decision making<\/a> \u2013 but he did make a pair of mistakes in 2021. Should he do the same in 2023, he knows how to handle it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere comes a lot of things that come with playing the position of quarterback as far as mentally, physically, and then obviously decision-making which is on to the mental aspect. There are certain things that Bobo wants us to do and there are certain things within every play that we call whether it\u2019s a check, a change, reading it the right way,\u201d Beck said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to make mistakes and we\u2019re going to mess up. For me trying to separate every play that no matter what happens on this play, the next play is going to be different and I\u2019ve got to play it all individually.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really bad at it. Sometimes I still get pretty upset,\u201d he added<\/a>. \u201cI think I\u2019ve learned how to tone it down in a sense and kind of figure out it\u2019s cool. Breathe it out, next play mentality always. I think it\u2019s a lot easier to do in a game because you make a mistake, you go off the field and you have time to think about it. In practice, it\u2019s like you make a mistake, well you\u2019ve got the next play. I think that really helps to move on, take a deep breath and go on to the next play \u2026 It\u2019s never easy. You\u2019re going to get upset when you do something wrong, you\u2019re going to throw interceptions, you\u2019re going to throw incompletions. Things are going to go wrong. It\u2019s more about how you react to it then that one singular moment and letting it affect you in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Beck, his future at Georgia is now. He has the opportunity he\u2019s waited for finally there for the taking. He doesn\u2019t want to let the moment slip this time, but he also doesn\u2019t want to make it any bigger than it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really difficult for anybody when you come out of high school. Really anybody that has come here that\u2019s had to sit,\u201d Beck said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re all guys\u2014four stars, five-star guys here. We have a ton of them. There\u2019s a lot of guys that have had to sit. It\u2019s very difficult and you know a build of mindset of I\u2019m going to wait my turn and whatever. Now it\u2019s finally time. You have to start to remember what you were and what you did in high school with that mindset of I\u2019m the guy. You\u2019ve got to believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not really worried about anything like that as far as like a decision,\u201d he continued<\/a>. \u201cThe coaches are going to do what they do and all I can worry about every single day\u2014practice, going out there practicing my butt off, working out, watching film, making sure I\u2019m getting better every day. If I start to focus on other things, it could take me in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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