BATON ROUGE — LSU football senior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is dealing with tendonitis of the patella tendon, head coach Brian Kelly informed media members after practice Friday.

Kelly said he believes Nussmeier's injury stems from a 2023 surgery he had on his knee and the team is taking precautionary measures with the LSU quarterback to ensure it doesn't get worse.

"He was throwing at practice today," Kelly said. "And he should be back out tomorrow in more of a practice situation.

"We neeed to calm it down. It's chronic and we'll calm it down."

Initially, media were scheduled to be able to view the Tigers' practice Friday. But the team adjusted the plan to close the session to reporters while keeping the press conference with Sloan after the team's practice Friday on the books

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