Garrett Nussmeier (born February 7, 2002) is an

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for the

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Early life and high school

Nussmeier was born in

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and moved several times growing up due to his father's career as a football coach. He attended

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. Nussmeier passed 3,788 yards and 38 touchdowns in his junior season. As a senior, he passed for 2,815 yards with 33 touchdowns and five interceptions. Nussmeier committed to play

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over offers from

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, Baylor, and

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College career

Nussmeier played in four games as a true freshman before redshirting the season. 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. Nussmeier finished the season with 29 pass completions on 57 attempts for 329 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions. Nussmeier competed with

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and transfer

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entering his redshirt freshman season, ultimately losing the starting job to Daniels prior to LSU's season opener. Nussmeier entered seven games, all off the bench, throughout which he completed 62% of his passes: totaling 800 yards, five touchdowns, and four interceptions.

Statistics

Personal life

Nussmeier's father,

Doug Nussmeier Douglas Keith Nussmeier (born December 11, 1970) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at Florid ...

, played college football at Idaho and in the NFL for the

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, before entering coaching. Doug Nussmeier is currently the quarterbacks coach for the

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References

External links

LSU Tigers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nussmeier, Garrett Living people American football quarterbacks LSU Tigers football players Players of American football from Texas American people of German descent 2002 births Edward S. Marcus High School alumni