How will Myles Brennan’s injury affect LSU’s QB race?

News came through yesterday that Myles Brennan – the heir to Joe Burrow before he was hurt in 2020 – injured a shoulder and will need a season-ending operation this year, too.

Of course, this is sad news for Tiger Nation – but what does it do to LSU’s QB Depth?

Now that Brennan’s injured, and last year’s replacement QB TJ Finley transferred to Auburn (in an effort to fight for the job when current incumbent Bo Nix leaves), LSU’s has a real problem with depth.

There’s no denying that the job is basically in the hands of Max Johnson – who started LSU’s last two games – if he doesn’t get injured, too.

Johnson had a pretty good set of outings for LSU during his time in the huddle. He started the last two games of the season against Florida and Ole Miss, and also came as a replacement QB earlier on in the season. He finished the season with 1,069 yards, 8 TDs and 1 INT.

Incoming freshman Garrett Nussmeier (son of former Alabama OC Doug) is the only other QB in the team. Ed Orgeron said: “It will go all the way down to the wire, probably one week before we play UCLA. I told them there’s competition in everything we do. Let’s see who is the best man. Whoever wins, we will be in great shape.”

However, LSU bloggers have said  – won’t play unless there’s even more injuries in Baton Rouge.

Nussmeier arrived at LSU as a four-star QB out of Marcus High School in Marcus, TX. He was rated as the 14th-best QB in the state.

Can you imagine what might happen if Johnson gets injured midway through the year? The fate of LSU Nation – and possibly Ed Orgeron’s job – might be in the hands of a true freshman QB.