This Sentell’s Intel rep on Georgia football recruiting has the latest on 4-star commit Colton Nussmeier. He’s rated as the nation’s No. 17 QB and the No. 221 overall prospect for 2027 on the 247Sports Composite. The Rivals Industry Ranking has him as the No. 20 QB and No. 241 overall.
Colton Nussmeier will get a senior season of high school football after all.
The 4-star Georgia football QB commit had been previously ruled ineligible in Texas after an intended transfer from Marcus High to Denton Ryan. The UIL, the state association for high school sports in Texas, deemed that plan a move solely for athletic purposes. He was ruled ineligible at his new school.
Nussmeier and his family then went through appeals with the UIL in Texas, but that ruling did not budge.
That called for a new plan.
The 6-foot-4 signal caller now has a new team in a new state. It’s only about eight miles away from where his Dad works. Doug Nussmeier, his father, is the offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints.
Sam Spiegelman of Rivals.com was the first to report the news. Nussmeier had been looking for his next team for over a month since being ruled ineligible at Ryan.
There had been speculation he could return to his former team or relocate near his father in New Orleans. There was even a possibility of him moving to a prominent high school team in Georgia to get closer to Athens.
Rummel has gone 17-8 over the last two seasons. Rivals ranks the Raiders as the No. 6 team in Louisiana this fall. The Massey Ratings have Rummel as the state’s No. 6 team in the preseason. That also places them at No. 228 nationally.
Nussmeier will see a lot of good competition this fall. That will be vital after he battled through injuries for most of his junior year. Rummel has a stacked schedule which will feature seven teams that show up in Massey’s Top 25 state rankings. There are also four of the state’s Top 10 teams on that slate.
Why did he choose the Dawgs?
“It is everything,” he told DawgNation this summer. “I get to go to school at Georgia. Play football at Georgia—the whole staff. Get to play for Kirby Smart. Coach [Mike] Bobo. All of them. Just growing up. Watching them on TV. Seeing a big program winning games. Winning national championships. It is just very exciting for me to be a Georgia Bulldog.”
The 4-star QB has been a strong recruiter for the class since Georgia gave him the green light to commit in June. Nussmeier chose the Dawgs over strong late interest in Arkansas, Kentucky and UCLA, among others.
According to MaxPreps, he threw for 1,390 yards on 167 attempts in six games as a junior. He threw 12 touchdown passes and just one interception.
While not classified as a dual-threat QB, Nussmeier also shows a little more wiggle and movement than his older brother. Garrett Nussmeier, who came with Colton on his official visit to UGA, was a multi-year starter in the SEC at LSU.
The future Bulldog is also a lefty for all those David Greene fans out there. His ball will spin the other way.
Check out Nussmeier’s junior film below:
Colton Nussmeier: Established family ties to UGA
Nussmeier’s father has spent 11 years as an NFL assistant. This fall will be his 12th season as an offensive coordinator in either college or pro football.
His father has called plays at Florida and Michigan, but the unique wrinkle here is that he was at Alabama from 2012-2013. He was on that staff with future Georgia coach Kirby Smart. Those two won a national title together under Nick Saban.
It’s rare to identify a future Georgia player who knew Smart and his family before he became head coach at Georgia—especially one where the connection doesn’t come from Smart’s playing days in Athens.
“He was with him at Alabama,” Colton Nussmeier said. “I’ve known Kirby for a while. It is kind of a full-circle moment. I grew up with his kids. I know his kids. Growing up with someone that my Dad knows. My mom is friends with his wife. Just knowing what I’m getting from who is going to be my head coach and just knowing he’s a great guy and I’ve known a lot about him.”
