Pro Football Focus is high on the LSU quarterback room in 2025. The analytics site rated the top ten quarterback rooms in the country entering the season and they put the Tigers at the top of the list.
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Here is what PFF had to say about the LSU quarterback room:
The Tigers have a top-five quarterback in the country and a legitimate Heisman candidate leading them in Garrett Nussmeier. He threw for the fifth-most passing yards in the nation last year (4,043) while tying for seventh in big-time throws (26).
Behind him is Mississippi State-transfer Michael Van Buren Jr., who showed encouraging signs during eight starts in his true freshman year. His first two came on the road against a couple elite defenses in Texas and Georgia, and he responded with a 79.0 passing grade with five big-time throws and no turnover-worthy plays in those contests. LSU also has a couple former four-star recruits in the room as well in sophomore Ju’Juan Johnson and redshirt freshman Colin Hurley.
Four SEC schools made the list.
A pair of College Football Playoff teams follow LSU with SMU and Arizona State. Florida is fourth, paced by former five-star DJ Lagway. Clemson, Miami and Penn State are next, before Auburn, Alabama and Ohio State round out the top ten. Texas was listed as Honorable Mention, despite the hype surrounding junior Arch Manning taking the reigns in Austin.
While the Tigers return Nussmeier, Hurley and Johnson and added Van Buren, they also lost two signal callers to the transfer portal. Rickie Collins is the new starter at Syracuse and former Vanderbilt transfer AJ Swann landed at Appalachian State.
