#18

Garrett Nussmeier

Former quarterback at LSU. 2025: 1,927 passing yards, 12 TD, 5 INT.

QB · LSU · Sr. · #18

6′1″ · 205 lb · Lake Charles, LA

CFB Index 39 · #94 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Kansas City — Rd 7, Pick 33, #249 overall

The numbers

1,927

passing yards · 2025

12 TD · 5 INT · 6.7 per attempt

Backed by 302 yds · 6 TD -- top 0.1% passing TDs game. -- Best game: 273 pass yds, 3 TD, 10 rush yds, vs SE Louisiana

The play that turned itSwung South Carolina from 30% to 74% to win.LSU at South Carolina · 36-33

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at LSU. 2025: 1,927 passing yards, 12 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2021.
Drafted round 7 by the Kansas City in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball.

Interception rate: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Five seasons at LSU, 7,687 passing yards — drafted at #249 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 273 yds vs SE Louisiana.SE Louisiana · W 56-102025

20214 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of Flower Mound Marcus

20259 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

2026

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 7, pick 249

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#84 national

CFB

College

LSU

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #249

Kansas City · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC

All-SEC mention (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

3 coaches

2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

2022–2024

Brian Kelly

LSU

era →

2025

Frank Wilson

LSU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly, and Frank Wilson. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas City2026 NFL rookie season

#249Rd 7 · Pick 33

Kansas City2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning

2025LSU7-6HC: Frank Wilson · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #94 of 146?

High confidenceFading13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (91st percentile). Strength: completion % (87th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#38 / 183 · 80th pct

1.4%

Success rate#47 / 183 · 74th pct

43.6%

EPA / dropback#84 / 183 · 54th pct

0.19

Sack rate#89 / 183 · 52nd pct

5.0%

Explosive rate#165 / 183 · 10th pct

6.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 174 · 91st pct

Completion %#23 / 183 · 87th pct

67.4%

Interceptions#53 / 183 · 67th pct

Pass TDs#88 / 183 · 49th pct

Pass yards#96 / 183 · 48th pct

1927

Yards / att#120 / 183 · 31st pct

6.7

Rush TDs#123 / 183 · 26th pct

Rush yards#172 / 183 · 6th pct

-57

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

75th → 54th percentile

Success rate

75th → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 10th percentile

Sack rate

90th → 52nd percentile

Interception rate

49th → 80th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

190/283 (67.1%) · 12 TD · 5 INT

283 of 288 attempts matched to play-by-play

21 of 283 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.96112 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.0%109 of 206 QBs

Sacked 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

43% of attempts (9)

100%comp

Air -3.3 · YAC 6.6 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

43% of attempts (9)

78%comp

Air 3.9 · YAC 5.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

10% of attempts (2)

100%comp

Air 13.5 · YAC 4.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

5% of attempts (1)

0%comp

Air 27.0 avg

Overall 67.1% completion on 283 attempts · 43% of attempts thrown negative air yds.

Situational

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.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-10 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/112 (4.5%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

-3 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/98 (4.1%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+22 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/66 (3.0%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~our read

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #94 of 146 QBs

Former four-star. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	LSU	194	288	67.4%	1,927	6.7	12	5	133.8	53	--	--
2024	LSU	336	524	64.1%	4,039	7.7	29	12	142.6	70	--	--
2023	LSU	48	78	61.5%	592	7.6	4	1	139.7	64	--	--
2022	LSU	52	84	61.9%	800	9.5	5	4	152.0	--	--	--
2021	LSU	29	57	50.9%	329	5.8	2	2	103.9	--	--	--
Career		659	1,031	63.9%	7,687	7.5	52	24	138.5	64	--	--

Season	Team
2025	LSU	29	-57	-2.0	1	--
2024	LSU	36	-39	-1.1	3	--
2023	LSU	1	1	1.0	1	--
2022	LSU	1	-13	-13.0	0	--
2021	LSU	5	-46	-9.2	0	--
Career		72	-154	-2.1	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 17–10

at Clemson

232 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR -1.0 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With G. Chadwick — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · Z. Thomas — 16 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR -1.0 · 26 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Vanderbilt · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.04Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Zavion Thomas for 62 yds for a TD (Garrett Nussmeier pass to Trey'Dez Green for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 7 · South Carolina · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +4.50Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyle Parker for 43 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 7 · South Carolina · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -4.31Garrett Nussmeier pass intercepted Peyton Williams return for no gain to the SC 1
Week 5 · Ole Miss · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Garrett Nussmeier pass intercepted Wydett Williams Jr. return for no gain to the MISS 12
Week 1 · Clemson · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.90Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Chris Hilton Jr. for a loss of 1 yard Chris Hilton Jr. fumbled, forced by Ronan Hanafin, recovered by CLEM
Week 3 · Florida · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.87Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Bauer Sharp for 65 yds to the FLA 16 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Clemson · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Aaron Anderson for 39 yds to the CLEM 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Aaron Anderson for 21 yds to the LT 30 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · SE Louisiana · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 17 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 3 · Florida · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Aaron Anderson for 23 yds to the FLA 31 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10@ 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@ 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@ Vanderbilt	19/28	225	2	0	8.0	67.5
Wk 9	L 25-49vs Texas A&M	22/35	168	1	0	4.8	53.3
Wk 11	L 9-20@ Alabama	18/21	121	0	0	5.8	79.5
Total		194/288	1927	12	5	6.8	62.1

How he plays

Play style

High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

52.5%Completion %

21.4%Conversion/dropback

57.1%Land short of sticks

2INTs

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. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

2/21Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).