Brian Kelly Sheds Insight On Garrett Nussmeier's Decision To Return Next Season

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"Knowing Garrett, there was always a sense that he waited for his opportunity, that he had been such a proponent of LSU, and that he wanted to be here," Kelly said.

"There was always this sense that he was going to come back, but we never took it for granted."

"We did our due diligence. We made our case as to why it was in everybody's best interest for him to come back for another year. And we re-recruited him from that standpoint."

"We were able to present him with a great opportunity from NIL, revenue sharing, and everything that goes along with that. And everything that goes along with being arguably the best quarterback in the SEC and maybe in the country. Then, we were able to close this and get him to publicly say he was coming back."

"There was a lot of confidence, but you never take that for granted. You have to re-recruit. That's what we did, and we are excited that he's back."

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