As we look ahead to the 2024 college football season, LSU football quarterback Garrett Nussmeier recently had some notable things to say, describing a big-time turn around in the mentality of this yearâs version of the Tigers.
Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is ready to take LSU football to the next level in 2024
For the first time in his extended LSU football career, quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is heading into the new season as an assumed starter. Over the course of his three seasons with the Tigers, the Lake Charles, LA, product has just one start under his belt and has an opportunity to make quite a name for himself over the next year or so.
However, thatâs not exactly where is focus is at as we look ahead to the 2024 season. He isnât necessarily focused on individual accolades, but instead is more concerned about the team as a whole.
In his time donning the purple and gold, the most wins the former four-star class of 2021 recruit has seen in one season is stuck at 10, as the team has done these last two years under coach Brian Kelly.
Understandably, he has high hopes that this can change in 2024, and it appears as though the team shares a similar sentiment.
When speaking with Billy Embody and Shea Dixon of On3 earlier this week, there was no doubt in his mind about the current energy of the team thus far in the offseason.
âAs an entire team, we feel like 10 wins is not good enough anymore,â the soon-to-be senior said when talking about the general vibe around the program. âI think we feel like weâve done a good job buying into coach Kellyâs process and the way he wants things run, but we havenât done an elite level job at it. And I think weâve been good at it, and I think thatâs what our record has shown. Weâve been good. Weâve had 10 win seasons, and weâve been close. Right? Weâve been really close. Weâve made it to the SEC Championship. Weâve been close.
âGood is not good enough anymore, and itâs about being great in our daily chores and the daily things that we have to do, and thatâs what has to take us to the next level. Thatâs how we build a championship team. Thatâs how we build championship chemistry.â
Over the course of his career, Nussmeier has thrown the ball 219 times for 1,720 yards and 11 touchdowns. Despite a majority of his work having come as a backup, itâs important to note that in his one game as a starter, he threw the ball 45 times for 395 yards and three touchdowns against Wisconsin in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl, playing a major part in securing the win for the Tigers.
If 10 wins truly is not good enough for this yearâs version of the LSU football team, the new starting quarterback will undoubtedly be a primary factor in making improvement happen.
The purple and gold are officially one practice into spring football, with 14 more remaining. Fans will soon be able to get their first look at the overall energy and ability of the 2024 roster, as their National L Club Spring Game will take place on April 13, 2024 in Tiger Stadium.
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