The NFL Draft begins tonight at 7 p.m. in Pittsburgh, and several LSU Tigers will be waiting to hear their names called this weekend. One of them is Garrett Nussmeier. NFL Draft expert Mike Detillier of WWL Radio believes Nussmeier will be highly coveted by teams for his rare set of abilities.
“He can hum it downfield, has some riverboat gambler in him. But a lot of teams like the fact that he understands this game in a certain way, growing up with it, and you can’t teach accuracy; either you have it or you don’t, and he’s got that,” Detillier said.
Nussmeier missed a good portion of the 2025 season with an oblique injury stemming from a cyst on his spine, which was discovered by doctors after the NFL Combine. Detillier does not believe the injury will be an issue moving forward and says Nussmeier has positioned himself well to be a top-75 pick following a strong offseason.
“Him being able to come back and play at the Senior Bowl, where I thought he really looked good, and then throwing at the Combine, and in his individual sessions. He won the offseason. He’s put himself in a position to certainly be a top-75 pick in this draft class,” Detillier explained.
Another former Tiger who will be waiting to hear his name called this weekend is cornerback Mansoor Delane. He has likely solidified himself as a top-10 pick, and Detillier could see him going to the Saints with the eighth overall selection. Detillier notes that Delane would help offset the loss of a key cornerback in free agency.
“You lose Alontae Taylor. He was a big part of this Saints defense, playing out wide, playing in the slot. And I think you could move either Kool-Aid McKinstry or Quincy Riley into that slot position and have Mansoor Delane play out wide,” Detillier said.