If you continue to accept the narrative that some at and around LSU spread, namely that quarterback Garrett Nussmeier’s abdomen/oblique injury, which ended his 2025 season, was “all in his head,” there is more evidence that it was genuine.
According to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, tests performed during the NFL Combine in Indianapolis in February found a cyst on Nussmeier’s spine, which “the root cause of the severe oblique discomfort that hampered his 2025 season, according to sources. “
According to the report, Nussmeier, who is expected to be chosen in the second or third round of the NFL Draft beginning Thursday in Pittsburgh, has had no problems with the ailment since the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, in January, as Tiger Rag reported at the time.
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“The cyst was pressing on a nerve, producing pain in Nussmeier’s oblique,” according to Pellissero’s account. “He has been asymptomatic since just before the Senior Bowl and throughout the draft process. “
Nussmeier could undergo a “minimally invasive procedure” that would keep him out for just two or three weeks if it begins to annoy him. According to Pelissero, there is no “short-or-long-term risk for Nussmeier. “
Before the season, the fifth-year senior from the Dallas region sustained an injury to his abdomen/oblique, although the exact circumstances were unclear. He did not talk much about the issue during the season, but he did with Tiger Rag at the Senior Bowl.
Nussmeier was healthy in the 2024 season and was expected to be a first-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, but he chose to stay for the 2026 season.
After recovering from the 2025 season, Nussmeier was very outstanding during Senior Bowl practices, earning Senior Bowl game MVP and performing well at the NFL Combine.
