Hendon Hooker

Tennessee's Hendon Hooker and Georgia's Stetson Bennett were named as the All-SEC Team quarterbacks for the 2022 season, leaving Alabama's Bryce Young on the outside looking in.

Young, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, spent much of the middle part of the season dealing with injuries and was not considered a serious contender to repeat. He finished with 3,007 yards and 27 touchdowns against five interceptions while adding 195 yards and four touchdowns on the ground.

Hooker outperformed Young in nearly every statistical category while also winning a head-to-head battle in Knoxville. Bennett threw for fewer touchdowns and threw one more pick than Young, but it would be hard to justify leaving off the quarterback leading the nation's best team.

It's also worth noting that Bennett is a Heisman finalist.

Of course, this is likely to have absolutely zero bearing on Young's future. He's a future high first-round pick and could be the first person to hear his name called in next April's NFL draft.

The vast majority of quarterbacks taken high in the first round have made their all-conference team before being drafted. The last Power Five quarterback to not do so was...well, it was Justin Herbert. Suffice it to say the Los Angeles Chargers are perfectly fine with him having never made an All-Pac-12 team.

Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Hendon Hooker exited Saturday's game against the South Carolina Gamecocks with a non-contact knee injury in the fourth quarter

Hooker completed 25-of-42 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to rushing for 25 yards before exiting.

Hooker was running an option play and after making a sharp cut, his left leg buckled and he hit the ground grabbing his leg in pain. It was determined he also fumbled on the play and the South Carolina defense recovered the ball for a touchdown.

The 24-year-old walked off the field and into the Tennessee locker room with assistance. He was seen on broadcast cameras limping and not putting much pressure on his injured leg.

Hooker's status moving forward is unclear, but the Volunteers have just one regular season game remaining against the Vanderbilt Commodores next weekend.

If Hooker suffered a serious injury and is done for the season, he put together an impressive senior season with the Vols. Entering Saturday's game, he had completed 71.1 percent of his passes for 2,888 yards and 24 touchdowns against two interceptions in 10 games, in addition to rushing for 405 yards and five scores.

However, any serious injury could hurt his 2023 NFL draft stock. While Alabama's Bryce Young and Ohio State's C.J. Stroud are expected to be two of the top quarterback's in the 2023 class, Hooker was projected to be a top-five signal-caller.

If Hooker misses Tennessee's final game of the season against Vanderbilt, Joe Milton III would be in line to get the start.

Tennessee entered Saturday as the No. 1 team in the College Football Playoff rankings, but that standing will be one-and-done after No. 3 Georgia defeated the Volunteers 27-13.

Georgia led 14-3 lead after one quarter and 24-6 at halftime in front of the home crowd at Athens' Sanford Stadium.

Bulldogs quarterback Stetson Bennett dissected the Tennessee defense with three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) and 226 passing yards by halftime.

The Bulldogs outgained the Vols 306-139 in the first half. Running back Kenny McIntosh had 109 yards from scrimmage to lead Georgia.

On the other side of the ball, the defense was nothing short of tremendous. Relentless pressure led to six sacks, and the Bulldogs also registered a fumble recovery and an interception.

Tennessee got inside the 10-yard line just once in the first 55 minutes, and that trek was negated by a false start penalty.

The Georgia defense shut out Tennessee in the second half until a late Jaylen Wright touchdown.

The Vols had enjoyed a tremendous season, and they are still 8-1 with a résumé that includes wins over No. 6 Alabama and No. 10 LSU.

Head coach Josh Heupel has done a tremendous job with a team that was 3-7 just two years ago thanks in part to future NFL talents such as quarterback Hendon Hooker and wide receiver Jalin Hyatt. The fact that the Vols reached No. 1 despite being unranked in the preseason Associated Press poll was a fantastic accomplishment, especially for a team that hadn't been that high since 1998.

But Georgia proved that Tennessee isn't the top team in the country, and Twitter users made their opinions known about the No. 1 ranking.

Tennessee will look to bounce back next Saturday when it faces Missouri at home for a noon ET game. Georgia will visit Mississippi State at 7 p.m. ET.