Rams' Stetson Bennett Placed on Non-Football Injury List; Unrelated to Shoulder Issue

Quarterback Stetson Bennett will be away from the Los Angeles Rams for some time after the team announced Wednesday that it placed him on the reserve/non-football injury list.

Head coach Sean McVay told reporters the move was for an undisclosed reason and not because of any concerns about the health of Bennett's shoulder. McVay did not provide any additional details and said he wouldn't discuss it further.

"Out of respect for him and the situation, I'm going to leave all the specifics and particulars in-house," McVay said. "There's certain things that I think are a little bit bigger and more important and out of respect for the particulars and the specifics, I want to be able to keep it in-house and that's where I'd like to leave it."

Bennett missed the Rams' season-opening win over the Seattle Seahawks because of a shoulder injury.

The Georgia product is best known for his accomplishments at the collegiate level, as he led the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships. That he was a relatively unheralded 2-star recruit, per 247Sports' composite rankings, and reached such heights at Georgia made the story that much more remarkable.

Los Angeles selected him with a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft in an effort to provide some quarterback depth behind starter Matthew Stafford.

Bennett appeared in all three of the Rams' preseason games and was at his best during a game against the Los Angeles Chargers. He threw for 191 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions.

However, he had a combined zero touchdown passes and three interceptions during the other two games against the Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos.

Next up for the Rams is another divisional game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Brett Rypien will likely be Stafford's backup once again after playing that role during the win over the Seahawks.