Kirby Smart still wanted Carson Beck, but maybe Beck ditching Athens for South Beach is a blessing in disguise for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Carson Beck entered the 2024 college football season with a sterling professional outlook. Many mock drafts pegged Beck as the first quarterback taken off the board within the first five picks of the first round in 2025.

Georgia's offense was going to face pressure in 2025. Now its starting quarterback from the past two years appears to have ratcheted it up.

Georgia, not Miami, was the first team to offer Carson Beck when he entered the transfer portal. But the quarterback chose not to return to Bulldogs.

Carson Beck resisted overtures from Georgia about returning for the 2025 season before he transferred to Miami, according to USA Today's Matt Hayes.

Georgia was first to approach Carson Beck after the QB entered the transfer portal, according to a new report.

To nobody’s surprise, Carson Beck was highly sought after once he entered the transfer portal. According to Matt Hayes, Georgia wanted him back for the 2025 campaign, but they weren’t alone.

Carson Beck is taking his talents to South Beach, but the former Georgia quarterback apparently had a chance to stay in the SEC if he wanted to. After originally declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft, Beck reversed course and entered the NCAA transfer portal earlier this month.

Carson Beck agreed to leave Georgia in a high-profile switch to Miami, and the two programs are set to clash in a transfer portal battle over a quarterback the Bulldogs are eyeing as his replacement