{"id":754510,"date":"2026-04-26T14:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/754510\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:12:32","slug":"garrett-nussmeier-falls-to-chiefs-in-seventh-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/754510\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrett Nussmeier falls to Chiefs in seventh round of 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garrett Nussmeier\u2019s draft nightmare is over, as the LSU quarterback has finally been taken by the Chiefs in the seventh round on Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old, who was projected by many as a first-round pick ahead of last season, saw nine passers selected ahead of him before Kansas City added him with the No. 249 overall pick.<\/p>\n

Nussmeier was a star for the Tigers in his first year as a starter, as he tossed 4,052 yards and 29 touchdowns in 2024.<\/p>\n

\"GarrettLSU QB Garrett Nussmeier fell to the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft. AP<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, his play regressed last season as he struggled with injuries, and LSU hobbled its way to a 7-6 finish.<\/p>\n

While the likes of Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson were always expected to go ahead of him, Nussmeier was passed over for the likes of Drew Allar, Carson<\/a> Beck and Cade Klubnik, whom the Jets traded up to select in the fourth round<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cole Payton, Taylen Green, Athan Kaliakmanis and Behren Morton also heard their names called before Nussmeier as well.<\/p>\n

As recently as April 8, Nussmeier was projected as the third quarterback off the board in an ESPN mock draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though Nussmeier could be peeved at how far he fell, there are certainly worse landing spots than Kansas City, which acquired the No. 249 pick in a trade with the Steelers.<\/p>\n

He will have the chance to learn under Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes as the Chiefs look to bounce back from their 6-11 record in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garrett Nussmeier\u2019s draft nightmare is over, as the LSU quarterback has finally been taken by the Chiefs in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":754511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1428,1318,3570,16660,1317,1315,1316,4261,237483,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-754510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","11":"tag-lsu-tigers","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-ncaafootball","15":"tag-nfl-draft","16":"tag-nfl-draft-2026","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116471422078139151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}