Garrett Nussmeier Will Be the First LSU Quarterback to Wear No. 18 in over 20 Years

LSU's Garrett Nussmeier earns No. 18 jersey, becomes first Tiger since 2003 with honor

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier earned the Tigers' prestigious No. 18 jersey on Sunday, Aug. 24, becoming the first QB since 2003 with the honor.

LSU Football No. 18: Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier Set to Wear Prestigious Jersey

Nussmeier earns the coveted jersey ahead of final season in Baton Rouge, vocal leader in the locker room.

LSU's Garrett Nussmeier To Wear Coveted No. 18, Is This The Year Of The Tiger?

Tradition.It's what makes college football the greatest sport on planet Earth.Whether it's dotting the "i" in the Ohio State Marching Band's pregame show or touching Howard's Rock at Clemson, many of the finest football programs in the land have their fair share of traditions and superstitions.The LSU Tigers have a longstanding tradition of their own, though maybe not as storied as the others I named.Back in 2003, quarterback Matt Mauck led the …

Garrett Nussmeier will be the first LSU quarterback to wear No. 18 in over 20 years

Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier will wear LSU football's coveted No. 18 jersey this season. No Tiger signal-caller has worn that number since Matt Mauck started the tradition after the 2003 season.

Garrett Nussmeier’s Moment Of Truth: LSU’s New #18 Must Deliver A National Championship

The bar has been set sky-high in Baton Rouge, and now it’s Garrett Nussmeier’s turn to meet it. The LSU Tigers are no strangers to national championship expectations, but the urgency surrounding the 2025 season feels different. For the first time in years, the Tigers enter with a quarterback who not only has the tools to lead them back to the mountaintop, but also the symbolic responsibility that comes with wearing the program’s most sacred numb…

Who Else? LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier Gets Coveted, Treasured, Honored No. 18

GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor In the end as the 2025 LSU football season is about to begin, there was no other choice for the honored tradition of wearing No. 18. Hands down, it will go to fifth-year senior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, LSU's staff has decided. Nussmeier will be the first quarterback to wear the