When Garrett Nussmeier didn’t leave LSU while spending three seasons as a backup quarterback in spite of his lofty recruiting pedigree, it turned heads. When he decided to return for a fifth year at LSU instead of declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft, delaying a lucrative professional contract, plenty of those questions stirred once again.
But the answer, for Nussmeier, at least, is simple: he has loftier goals outside of his own personal gain.
“I didn’t want to watch anybody else be the guy that leads LSU to a national championship,” Nussmeier said in an interview with SEC Network. “LSU means the world to me. Louisiana means the world to me. Also, my faith helped me so much throughout that decision process. I feel like it was the same reason why I stayed when everybody was trying to tell me to leave and transfer.
“God brought me to LSU for a reason. I always wanted to win a national championship here. It wasn’t about winning a Heisman or being the first overall pick. It was just about winning championships, so having that opportunity, I just couldn’t pass it up.”
Nussmeier isn’t a native of Louisiana. He didn’t even play high school football the Pelican State. He signed with LSU in 2021 out of Flower Mound (Texas) Marcus High School while his dad, Doug Nussmeier, coached quarterbacks for the Dallas Cowboys.
It did not take him long to assimilate to his new home, though.
“Everybody that is from Louisiana probably can understand it,” Nussmeier said. “Just that stadium, that environment, the passion of the fans — it’s one state around one team and it’s one state in one stadium. Obviously, they’re probably a couple drinks deep and up and down taking their shirts off and swinging them around. There’s no place like Death Valley, so it…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2025-07-28 19:38:00
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