Garrett Nussmeier’s Brother & Georgia QB Commit Announces Major Career Decision
from Kamran Ahmad with Essentially College Football
Despite Garrett Nussmeier’s departure to the NFL, college football will soon have a QB with the ‘Nussmeier’ last name. The former LSU QB’s brother, Colton, committed to Georgia in June. He was still looking at a dominant senior season with his high school team in Texas. But now, he has switched camps after a crucial ruling.
According to Rivals, Colton Nussmeier is transferring to Archbishop Rummel High School in Rummel, Louisiana. He has left his previous high school, Denton (TX), after his eligibility appeal was denied by the University Interscholastic League’s state executive committee. The ruling came after Nussmeier had transferred from Marcus to Denton Ryan during the offseason.
Nussmeier played his first three high school seasons at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. In April, he announced his transfer to Denton Ryan High School, a perennial powerhouse that has won three state championships.
The Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) ruled him permanently ineligible to play varsity football at his new school. According to the rules, a player is not allowed to transfer schools for athletic purposes.
Denton Ryan’s district executive committee voted 3-3 on his transfer. Because the committee split and gave a tie, the final decision defaulted to the Prior Athletic Participation Form (PAPF) signed by Nussmeier’s former coach at Flower Mound Marcus, Mike Alexander.
Coach Alexander checked the box indicating he believed the transfer was for athletic purposes. Though Alexander later backtracked during hearings, admitting he lacked definitive proof of intent, the initial mark stood as the decisive blow.
The Nussmeier family appealed the decision to the UIL State Executive Committee. The family argued the move was due to personal family reasons and a desire for a smaller, more diverse schooling environment.
“We made a family decision to move to Denton and give Colton an opportunity to grow in a smaller-school environment and in a more diverse group of people,” Colton’s father and New Orleans Saints’ OC, Doug Nussmeier, said to Dallas News after the district ruling, justifying his son’s decision as one made by the whole family for his education and upbringing and not just for athletics.
“Colton has adapted and is thriving. He is happy, smiling, and enjoying going to school. We like the community feel, the uniqueness, and diversity. It is much different than where we had lived and where Colton has gone to school.”
NEW: Georgia 4-star QB commit Colton Nussmeier is transferring to Archbishop Rummel (LA), @samspiegs reports.
Nussmeier was recently ruled ineligible at Ryan (TX).
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The UIL panel rejected the appeal in a 4-1 vote, cementing his varsity ineligibility in Texas. As a result, the 4-star QB has now moved to Louisiana for his senior year of high school football.
Under Texas UIL regulations, students who change schools primarily to play for a better athletic program or to secure a starting spot within the roster are penalized with a one-year varsity ban. Marcus High School had finished with mediocre records in recent seasons, whereas Denton Ryan had gone 12-2 with a deep playoff run.
Since Nussmeier was essentially moving to a drastically more successful football program, the UIL treated the move as an athletic transfer, despite the family’s protests. While Colton technically has retained the right to play in the state of Texas if he returned to Flower Mound, he chose to move out of state.
Before transferring from Marcus, Colton had passed for 1,390 yards and rushed for 278 yards before a knee injury cut short his season. However, in January, Denton Ryan had a new head coach, Shane Tolleson, who came from Waxahachie. At the same time, Marcus’s offensive coordinator had also left the school. Interestingly, that was the time when Colton decided to switch camps, according to his coach, Mike Alexander.
Despite that, Colton and Garrett’s father, Doug Nussmeier, has maintained that the move wasn’t made for athletic purposes as portrayed. According to him, his son was in good “academic standing,” holding a near 4.0 GPA, and his situation within the football team was also good. Moreover, Colton was “happy and satisfied” with head coach Alexander when he made the switch. Never mind that he also didn’t have a connection with any Denton Ryan coaches.
His new school, Rummel, plays in the ultra-competitive Louisiana Catholic League. Colton Nussmeier will be facing top-tier Louisiana talent and this would perfectly prepare him to join Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs program once he graduates.
Colton Nussmeier opens up about his Georgia commitment
Colton’s new high school is just a 10-minute drive away from the Saints’ facility, and so he will get personal guidance from his father. So far, he hasn’t displayed those explosive numbers that Garrett did at his high school, and that’s what he likely aims for in his senior season, before coming to Georgia in 2027.
“It is everything,” Colton said about his commitment to Georgia to DawgNation. “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.”
Colton Nussmeier had offers from more than 20 programs, including Georgia, Florida, and Texas Tech. Initially, he took several spring visits to those programs, but his May visit to Athens changed things. In June 2026, he made an official visit with his brother, Garrett, and sealed his commitment to Kirby Smart’s camp.