 Nussmeier in 2023 | |
| LSU Tigers–No. 13 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 7, 2002 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Edward S. Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) |
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Garrett Nussmeier (born February 7, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the LSU Tigers. He is the son of former NFL player and coach Doug Nussmeier.
Nussmeier was born on February 7, 2002, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. [1] He attended Edward S. Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. [2] Nussmeier passed 3,788 yards and 38 touchdowns in his junior season. [3] As a senior, he passed for 2,815 yards with 33 touchdowns and five interceptions. [4] Nussmeier committed to play college football at LSU over offers from Texas, Texas A&M, Miami, Georgia, Baylor, and North Carolina. [5] [6]
Nussmeier played in four games as a true freshman before redshirting the season. [7] Following the departure of Max Johnson from the team, LSU petitioned the NCAA to let him start the January 2022 edition of the Texas Bowl but still maintain his redshirt status, which was denied. [8] Nussmeier finished the season with 29 pass completions on 57 attempts for 329 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions. [9]
Nussmeier competed with Myles Brennan and Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels entering his redshirt freshman season in 2022, ultimately losing the starting job to Daniels. [10] [11] Nussmeier entered seven games, all off the bench, throughout which he completed 62% of his passes: totaling 800 yards, five touchdowns, and four interceptions. [12] He made his first start with the team in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl in January after Daniels sat out to prepare for the NFL draft, earning MVP honors after throwing for 395 yards and three touchdowns. [13]
Nussmeier was named the starter for the 2024 season. [14]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 29 | 57 | 50.9 | 329 | 5.8 | 2 | 2 | 103.9 | 5 | -46 | -9.2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0–0 | 52 | 84 | 61.9 | 800 | 9.5 | 5 | 4 | 152.0 | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 1–0 | 48 | 78 | 61.5 | 591 | 7.6 | 4 | 1 | 139.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Career | 18 | 1 | 1–0 | 129 | 219 | 58.9 | 1,720 | 7.9 | 11 | 7 | 135.1 | 7 | -58 | -8.3 | 1 | |
Nussmeier's father, Doug Nussmeier, played college football at Idaho and in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints before entering coaching. [15] [16] [17]
Douglas Keith Nussmeier is an American football coach and former player who is the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally as a quarterback in the NFL and Canadian Football League (CFL). Nussmeier played college football for the Idaho Vandals football, winning the Walter Payton Award as the most outstanding offensive player in NCAA Division I-AA. He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He finished his playing career with the CFL's BC Lions.
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