Garrett Nussmeier: QB · LSU · #18.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Garrett Nussmeier
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. The five seasons at LSU span three head coaches: Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly and Frank Wilson. The first career honor came in 2025: All-SEC. On tape: 273 passing yards and 10 rushing yards against SE Louisiana, Week 4, 2025.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
52.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 21.4% conversion-per-dropback — 57.1% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ No. 4 Clemson | 28/38 | 232 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | -1.0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech | 26/41 | 237 | 1 | 1 | 5.8 | 64.6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-10vs Florida | 15/27 | 220 | 1 | 1 | 8.1 | 73.3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs SE Louisiana | 25/31 | 273 | 3 | 0 | 8.8 | 71.8 | Season-high 273 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ No. 13 Ole Miss | 21/34 | 197 | 1 | 1 | 5.8 | 75.3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 20/33 | 254 | 2 | 2 | 7.7 | 75.0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ No. 17 Vanderbilt | 19/28 | 225 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 67.5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs No. 3 Texas A&M | 22/35 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 53.3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-20@ No. 4 Alabama | 18/21 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 79.5 | |
| Total | 194/288 | 1927 | 12 | 5 | 6.7 | — |
| Best by our grade | South Carolina | W 20-10 · Graded solid · Steady all game · 254 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 4 for 30 · Interceptions cost about 8 points of win chance · Sacked 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest by our grade | Texas A&M | L 25-49 · Graded solid · 168 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -44 · Sacked 3 |
| Biggest game | Texas A&M | No. 3 at kickoff · L 25-49 · Graded solid · 168 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -44 · Sacked 3 |
| Best play | at Clemson | Completion, touchdown, Q4 12:18 · Win chance 48% to 68% |
| Costliest play | at Clemson | Fumble, Q1 9:51 · Win chance 37% to 17% |
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 283 passing plays (190 completions) against the box score's 288 attempts (194 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.96112 of 206 QBsSack rate
5.0%109 of 206 QBsSacked on 5.0% of dropbacks (109 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (112 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Behind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 67.4% completion on 288 attempts · 43% of attempts thrown negative air yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline
No situation moves him more than 22 percentile points from his baseline.
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 230 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 194 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 236 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 171 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Wilson
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #94 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at LSU, 7,687 passing yards — drafted at #249 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC
All-SEC mention (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
SEC Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly, and Frank Wilson. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City Chiefs2026 NFL rookie season
Kansas City Chiefs2026 NFL rookie season
