Garrett Nussmeier injury: QB limps off field in first half vs. Nicholls, replaced by Rickie Collins

LSU starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier suffered an injury on Saturday night against Nicholls State. He was seen limping off the field late in the second quarter. He was replaced by backup quarterback Rickie Collins.

At the beginning of the second half, he was back in the game. We got an update on his status from Alex Chappell, the sideline reporter from the broadcast.

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“Talking with LSU’s sideline and they are telling me that Garrett Nussmeier took a tough shot, brought him at the end of the first half. But he was able to shake it off, stay warm during halftime and was ready to come right out and start things off again here in the second half,” Chappell said.

She also added, “They did not clarify if it was the lower body.”

He completed 14 of 19 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns, before leaving the game in the first half against Nicholls State. Nussmeier was seen moving around on the sidelines before going to the locker room.

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When he left the game, he was replaced by backup quarterback Rickie Collins. In the 2023 On3 Industry Rankings, Collins was rated as the No. 17 quarterback prospect in America and earned a four-star rating. As a junior for Woodlawn High School (Baton Rouge, La.), he was named District 5-5A Offensive MVP after throwing for nearly 2,000 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Nussmeier had gotten off to a hot start in the 2024 campaign, putting on a masterful display in the team’s season opening loss against the USC Trojans. He looked extremely accurate throughout the night.

The LSU quarterback connected on 29 of his 38 passes for 304 yards, while tossing in two touchdowns with one interception. The interception was right at the end of the game, when USC linebacker Mason Cobb picked him off to officially seal the victory for the Trojans.

Nussmeier also connected on a beautiful 19-yard touchdown strike to Kyren Lacy in the second quarter. The LSU quarterback dropped back and threw a perfectly placed ball from the right hash of the 28-yard line. The ball found the outstretched hands of Lacy in midair in the left side of the end zone.