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After his junior season at Marcus High School (Flower Mound, Texas) was cut short due to injury, four-star quarterback Colton Nussmeyer and his family moved to the Denton area and will play his senior season at Ryan High School.
With this move, Nussmeier was ruled ineligible for his senior season by a 3-3 vote of the District Executive Committee on Tuesday morning, June 16th. Although the vote was a tie, the decision was made based on Nussmeier’s prior athletic participation form, which stated he was transferring to Denton for athletic purposes.
Nussmeier can appeal the ruling to the Collegiate Interhigh League.
Colton, the younger brother of former LSU standout quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, was having a memorable June before the decision was made. He recently competed in the Elite 11 Finals in Los Angeles and announced his transfer to the Georgia Bulldogs on June 5th.
According to 247Sports, Colton is ranked as the No. 200 overall prospect in the state of Texas, the No. 12 quarterback and the No. 34 player in the state of Texas.
Last season, he completed 60 percent of his passes for 1,390 yards, 12 touchdowns, and only one interception. He also rushed 45 times for 278 yards and three more touchdowns before a knee injury ended his season after just eight games.
Nussmeyer is the latest high-profile player in Texas high school football to be ruled ineligible for his senior season. Five-star cornerback John Meredith III was also disqualified over the weekend after an 11-6 district executive committee meeting determined his transfer from Euless Trinity to Fort Worth North Crowley in January was for athletic purposes.
