Garrett Nussmeier cyst, explained: How LSU QB played through 'stabbing pain' during 2025 season
Here's the injury the former LSU QB had to go through during his senior season.
Garrett Nussmeier cyst, explained: How LSU QB played through 'stabbing pain' during 2025 season originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The 2026 NFL Draft nearly has arrived, and Garrett Nussmeier can breathe a sigh of relief.
The former LSU quarterback, who missed a portion of his senior season due to oblique pain, finally knows the full reason why his season was cut short. A test at this year's NFL Combine revealed that he had been playing through a cyst that was on his spine. The cyst happened to be right above a nerve that caused pain in his oblique area.
While he doesn't need surgery on it now due to the pain dying down, if it were to become symptomatic, Nussmeier would need surgery that would take 2-3 weeks to heal fully. Here's a look at what Nussmeier had to go through during his senior season, and a look at his stats across a five-year collegiate career. MORE 2026 NFL DRAFT: Complete 7-round mock draft Trade predictions for the first round Where will each quarterback go in 2026 draft?
Garrett Nussmeier cyst, explained On Monday, it was revealed that the former LSU quarterback underwent tests at the NFL Combine that revealed a cyst on his spine. Nussmeier had revealed previously that he was playing through tremendous pain during his senior year, and this is likely the cause. Former LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier underwent tests at the NFL combine that revealed a cyst on his spine — the root cause of the persistent oblique pain that derailed his 2025 season, sources say.