Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025LSU
Garrett Nussmeier
QB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Lake Charles, LA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Garrett Nussmeier is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Garrett Nussmeier built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Lake Charles, LA wearing No. 18, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Garrett Nussmeier's career was his passing role:...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 33
- Overall
- No. 249
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Garrett Nussmeier, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · LSU. Garrett Nussmeier is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 7,533
- Passing yards
- 7,687
- Touchdowns
- 57
Quick Answers
Garrett Nussmeier quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 7,533
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · LSU
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Marcus · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Millville · 8 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 7 · Pick 33 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Senior
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 1,870 total offense · QB 108th (top 26%) · SEC 15th (top 8%) · National 108th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 4 | 283 | 329 | -46 | 2 | 26.9 |
| 2022 Postseason | LSU | 7 | 173 | 173 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 7 | 614 | 627 | -13 | 3 | 39 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 6 | 395 | 395 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 6 | 198 | 197 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 2024 Postseason | LSU | 13 | 311 | 304 | 7 | 3 | 69.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 13 | 3,689 | 3,735 | -46 | 29 | 69.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | LSU | 9 | 1,870 | 1,927 | -57 | 13 | 53.6 |
Related Context
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Garrett Nussmeier played QB for LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Garrett Nussmeier recorded 7,687 passing yards, -154 rushing yards, and 57 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
LSU paired 4,000 primary output with 63.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 63.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Win with 352 yards of offense and 79.8 efficiency. It landed in the 76.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · LSU
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
307.7
Efficiency
63.9
Usage
11.3
Consistency
88.3
Best Game by takeover score
UCLA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 311. USC: 304. Nicholls: 315. South Carolina: 260. UCLA: 352. South Alabama: 415. Ole Miss: 353. Arkansas: 238. Texas A&M: 402. Alabama: 247. Florida: 207. Vanderbilt: 326. Oklahoma: 270
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 35 by 75.8. USC: 38 by 77.5. Nicholls: 39 by 76.5. South Carolina: 43 by 52.3. UCLA: 44 by 79.8. South Alabama: 41 by 65.9. Ole Miss: 53 by 65.6. Arkansas: 36 by 62.4. Texas A&M: 54 by 48.4. Alabama: 48 by 51.5. Florida: 56 by 50.9. Vanderbilt: 38 by 62.6. Oklahoma: 35 by 61.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins315.6 · Games = 9 · +25.6 vs Losses
Losses290 · Games = 4 · -25.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
UCLA
Best efficiency game
79.8 vs UCLA
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | vs Baylor300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 44-31 | 24 | 34 | 304 | 70.6 | 3 | 1 | 75.8 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 12/1 | vs Oklahoma3+ TD | W 37-17 | 22 | 31 | 277 | 71.0 | 3 | 0 | 61.4 | 4 | -7 | -1.80 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Vanderbilt300-yard game | W 24-17 | 28 | 37 | 332 | 75.7 | 1 | 0 | 62.6 | 1 | -6 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Florida | L 16-27 | 27 | 47 | 260 | 57.4 | 1 | 0 | 50.9 | 9 | -53 | -5.90 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Alabama | L 13-42 | 27 | 42 | 239 | 64.3 | 1 | 2 | 51.5 | 6 | 8 | 1.30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Texas A&M300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 23-38 | 25 | 50 | 405 | 50.0 | 2 | 3 | 48.4 | 4 | -3 | -0.80 | 1 | 12 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Arkansas | W 34-10 | 23 | 34 | 233 | 67.6 | 0 | 0 | 62.4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Ole Miss300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 29-26 | 22 | 51 | 337 | 43.1 | 3 | 2 | 65.6 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs South Alabama300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 42-10 | 26 | 39 | 409 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 65.9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs UCLA300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 34-17 | 32 | 44 | 352 | 72.7 | 3 | 0 | 79.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ South Carolina | W 36-33 | 24 | 40 | 285 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 52.3 | 3 | -25 | -8.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Nicholls300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 44-21 | 27 | 37 | 302 | 73.0 | 6 | 0 | 76.5 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 9/1 | vs USC300-yard game | L 20-27 | 29 | 38 | 304 | 76.3 | 2 | 1 | 77.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Garrett Nussmeier story
Garrett Nussmeier built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Lake Charles, LA wearing No. 18, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Garrett Nussmeier's career was his passing role: 7,687 passing yards, 52 touchdown passes, and 1,031 attempts across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Garrett Nussmeier's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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LSU
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 283 | 46.2 | 3.7 | — |
| 2022 Postseason | LSU | 787 | 69.5 | 5 | 504 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 787 | 69.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 593 | 60 | 2.1 | -194 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 593 | 60 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | LSU | 4,000 | 63.9 | 11.3 | 3,407 |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 4,000 | 63.9 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | LSU | 1,870 | 58.6 | 11.5 | -2,130 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wisconsin
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason
Win with 395 yards of offense and 77.7 efficiency.
395
Total Offense
88.9 takeover
395 total offense with 77.7 efficiency.
#2
vs UCLA
Week 4 · W 34-17
352
Total Offense
82.3 takeover
Win with 352 yards of offense and 79.8 efficiency.
352 total offense with 79.8 efficiency.
#3
vs USC
Week 1 · L 20-27
304
Total Offense
75.4 takeover
Loss with 304 yards of offense and 77.5 efficiency.
304 total offense with 77.5 efficiency.
#4
vs New Mexico
Week 4 · W 38-0
135
Total Offense
72.4 takeover
Win with 135 yards of offense and 96.7 efficiency.
135 total offense with 96.7 efficiency.
#5
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 63-7 · Postseason
173
Total Offense
71.2 takeover
Win with 173 yards of offense and 80.9 efficiency.
173 total offense with 80.9 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · LSU
4,000 primary output · 63.9 efficiency · 11.3 usage
69.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · LSU
69.3
4,000 primary · 63.9 efficiency · 11.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · LSU
53.6
1,870 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 11.5 usage
Milestones
15
250+ passing yards
9
300+ total offense
9
3+ TD games
20
Above avg efficiency
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