False alarm.

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier was rumored online to have suffered a serious knee injury at a closed practice that was going to put his season in jeopardy — but it was all a sham.

“Just for the record, [Nussmeier] had tendinitis, patella tendinitis,” Tigers head coach Brian Kelly told reporters Friday . “He does not have a torn ACL.”

Brian Kelly addressed the Garrett Nussmeier rumors after practice.

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The rumors were so outlandish that Kelly couldn’t help but joke about it all.

“We have not amputated his leg,” he added.

Garrett Nussmeier is entering his second season as LSU’s starting quarterback. AP

The internet claims weren’t entirel

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