QB Jamie Newman, who opted out at Georgia, accepts invite to Senior Bowl
By Keith Farner
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Jamie Newman has a complicated history at Georgia, and now with him accepting an invitation to the Senior Bowl, a premiere postseason exhibition game that’s valuable for NFL scouting, another wrinkle has emerged.
Newman, the Wake Forest graduate transfer quarterback, was expected to emerge as the victor out of a preseason quarterback competition primarily with D’Wan Mathis and possibly JT Daniels, though Daniels wasn’t cleared, according to Kirby Smart, until a few weeks later. But Newman opted out of the season in early September.
In his announcement about the opt out, Newman said he decided to skip the season “after much prayer and discussion with my family.” His decision was influenced by “the uncertainties of this year amid a global pandemic.”
Since then, Mathis got the start to open the season at Arkansas and struggled mightily. Then Stetson Bennett relieved him and helped Georgia win the game, then became a bit of a folk hero given his background as a walk-on and JUCO transfer who is listed under 6 feet tall. Bennett played well as Georgia started 3-0, then stumbled against Alabama, got by Kentucky with a lackluster effort, and then struggled again in a loss to Florida while he suffered a shoulder injury.
With the Georgia QB situation in a quandary, some Georgia fans are irritated with Newman’s decision, and don’t want Newman to represent Georgia at the Senior Bowl on Jan. 30, 2021.
🚨Invite Accepted🚨 QB @jlmn12_ is headed to the @Reeses Senior Bowl! Let’s get after it! 💪💪💪#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE @PaniniAmerica #RatedRookie pic.twitter.com/u6IHio9ULs
— Reese’s Senior Bowl (@seniorbowl) November 10, 2020
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
