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- Former LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier was drafted by the Chiefs in the 7th round of the 2026 NFL Draft.
- Garrett Nussmeier and fiancée Ella Springfield were emotional after he fell to the 7th round.
- Garrett’s father, Saints’ OC Doug Nussmeier, was drafted by the Saints in 1994.
Garrett Nussmeier, the former quarterback for LSU, and his fiancée Ella Springfield were visibly emotional as he was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday. The touching moment was captured and shared through photos on social media.
“All in God’s perfect timing!” Springfield expressed in an Instagram post on Monday. “We are so blessed to call Kansas City our new home ❤️.”
She posted a series of photos depicting Nussmeier’s family and friends celebrating at a draft party on the third day of the event, where the ex-Tigers star was chosen as the 249th overall pick.
“I love you!” Nussmeier, now 24, responded enthusiastically in the comments of the post.
Nussmeier, whose father Doug Nussmeier is the offensive coordinator for the Saints and a former NFL quarterback, was selected in the final round despite earlier expectations of being a Day 2 draft pick.
His parents sat alongside him at his draft party.
The Saints granted Doug permission to spend the draft with his son.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight,” Garrett wrote in an Instagram post after the Draft, including a photo of him crying while surrounded by his loved ones as his name was called.
Another image showed Doug on his draft night in 1994, dressed in a St. John’s basketball t-shirt, as he answered a call from the Saints, who selected him in the fourth round (116th overall) out of Idaho.
Doug played four seasons with New Orleans (1994-97) and one with the Colts (1998).
Garrett explained it was “difficult” to sit there waiting to be drafted.
“It was an unbelievable feeling,” he said after getting the call from the Saints, per ESPN. “I felt like I was sitting there waiting forever. I couldn’t have been more excited to see that [816] area code pop up.
“… It was difficult for me sitting there and not understanding why. Obviously, I have belief in myself and where I believe I should have been valued.
“I said throughout this entire process it’s not when, it’s where. I couldn’t be more blessed to go to such a great team.”
The quarterback only appeared in nine games for LSU last season due to an abdominal injury.
Garrett and Springfield got engaged in Grove, Okla., last July, as seen in a joint Instagram post.