LSU fifth-year senior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier threw at practice on Friday after suffering from patellar tendinitis on Wednesday, LSU coach Brian Kelly said Friday.

Kelly added that Nussmeier is expected to participate in a "practice situation" on Saturday.

"Tendinitis is managed every single day around the world for all kinds of different ailments," Kelly said. "... Just like a bad ankle that you're going to come back in (for), he'll be back out (there)."

Kelly was unsure how the injury occurred and doesn't know which leg the tendinitis is coming from.

"This is like a 1.5 on the scale of 1 to 10," Kelly said. "And that's just being honest with you."

Kelly said the tendinitis Nussmeier is experiencing is the aftereffects of a surgery he underwent in 2023 called the Osgood-Sch

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