{"id":575279,"date":"2026-04-10T04:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575279\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:59:10","slug":"carson-beck-looks-back-on-decision-to-return-to-college-eventual-transfer-to-miami-over-leaving-for-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575279\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Beck looks back on decision to return to college, eventual transfer to Miami over leaving for NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carson Beck<\/a> had three opportunities to declare for the NFL Draft before actually going through with the decision. His stock may have never been higher than after the 2023 season, his first full year as the Georgia<\/a> starter. The Bulldogs were fresh off a 13-1 season and fell an SEC Championship loss short of the College Football Playoff<\/a>. But Beck decided to return to Athens while six quarterbacks got taken in the first round.<\/p>\n

Jon Gruden asked Beck if there were any regrets about not leaving for the NFL, looking back. Reflecting in 2026, the answer is no. However, Beck did admit that there was a ton of uncertainty about returning to school at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back at it, I don\u2019t regret it,\u201d Beck said<\/a>. \u201cJust because of the experiences I\u2019ve been able to have. But again, at that point, I didn\u2019t know what was the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beck threw for 3,941 yards back in 2023, which was tops in the SEC and No. 3 nationally. A completion percentage of 72.4% fills the stat sheet, as does 24 touchdowns. Only six interceptions were a huge part of why Kirby Smart<\/a>\u2018s group found success too. Almost everything went right for him, except for the ultimate team success.<\/p>\n

Georgia had just won two consecutive national championships with Stetson Bennett<\/a> as the guy. Beck watched from the bench and knew he wanted the same kind of glory. Getting a title as the starter turned into a big factor behind returning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought there was more in the tank. Again, a huge part of it was I wanted to win a national championship. I know that I had two as a backup but I wanted to win one as the quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beck wound up spending just one more season at UGA, playing in the first half of the SEC Championship before injuring his elbow. From there, the next chapter of his journey began, just not as a Bulldog.<\/p>\n

A trip to the NCAA transfer portal saw Beck wind up with the Miami Hurricanes<\/a>. Similar numbers to \u201923 were put up in \u201925, throwing for 3,813 yards, 30 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. Miami then snuck into the College Football Playoff and made an all-time run. Unfortunately, Indiana<\/a> stopped them from hoisting the trophy inside Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n

Now out of eligibility, Beck finds himself going through the NFL Draft process. Many might wonder \u2018What if?\u2019 with him. But getting to experience another year at Georgia before playing at Miami is not something Beck regrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carson Beck had three opportunities to declare for the NFL Draft before actually going through with the decision.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[7308,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-575279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-carson-beck-20-mandarin","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}