No. 10 – Denver Broncos | |
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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Arkadelphia, Arkansas U.S. | February 25, 2000
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Pinson Valley (Pinson, Alabama) |
College: | |
NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Player stats at PFR |
Bo Chapman Nix (born February 25, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and Oregon Ducks, starting the most games (61) at quarterback in NCAA history. Nix won the 2023 William V. Campbell Trophy and was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year the same year after throwing for over 4,500 yards with 45 touchdowns with Oregon. Nix was selected 12th overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2024 NFL draft.
Nix was born on February 25, 2000, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, while his father Patrick was the head coach at Henderson State. [1] Nix played under his father at Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Alabama, where he accumulated over 12,000 total offensive yards and 161 touchdowns. [2] He also won Alabama's Mr. Football Award as a senior in 2018. [3] He was rated the top dual-threat quarterback of his class and committed to play college football at Auburn University. [4]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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Bo Nix QB | Pinson, Alabama | Pinson Valley High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 219 lb (99 kg) | 4.57 | Jan 10, 2018 |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 86 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 29 (overall), 1 (DUAL), 3 (AL) 247Sports: 33 (overall), 1 (DUAL), 3 (AL) ESPN: 76 (DT) 148 (Region) | ||||||
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As a true freshman at Auburn, Nix was named the starting quarterback for the 2019 season. [5] He led Auburn to a 27–21 come-back win against the Oregon Ducks at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on August 31, 2019. [6]
Nix led Auburn to a 9–4 record in his freshman season, winning the Iron Bowl, 48–45 over Alabama. [7] He was voted the SEC's 2019 Freshman of the Year, [8] finishing the campaign with 16 touchdowns and six interceptions. [9]
He threw for 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions as a sophomore in 11 games in the pandemic-shortended season in 2020. [10] [11]
2021 was an up-and-down season for Nix, with highlights being leading Auburn to their first win at LSU since 1999 and a win over #10 Ole Miss, while also struggling in certain games and being benched for T. J. Finley in the fourth quarter of a game against Georgia State. [12] [13] Nix suffered a season-ending injury against Mississippi State. [14] [15] He threw for 11 touchdowns and three interceptions in 2021. [16] On December 12, 2021, Nix announced he was entering the transfer portal, describing himself as "miserable" while playing under Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin who had been hired in 2021. [17] [18]
Before the 2022 season, Nix transferred to the University of Oregon with two seasons of eligibility remaining based on the NCAA-wide COVID-19 eligibility waiver for the 2020 season. [19] [20] [21]
Nix led Oregon to a 10–3 record in the 2022 season. [22] The season saw ranked victories over BYU, UCLA, and Utah before culminating in a 28–27 win over North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl. [23] Nix finished the season with 3,593 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns, and seven interceptions to end with 89 carries for 510 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. In addition, he had a receiving touchdown on the season. [24]
In the 2023 season, Nix led Oregon to a successful season, while primarily being in contention for the College Football Playoff. He helped lead the team to a 5–0 start before their first setback against #7 Washington. The team reeled off six consecutive wins to set up a rematch with #3 Washington in the Pac-12 Championship Game. [25] The Ducks fell to the Huskies once again to fall out of contention for the College Football Playoff. [26] Nix passed for 4,508 yards, 45 touchdowns, and three interceptions to go with six rushing touchdowns on the year. [27] Nix finished third place in the Heisman Trophy vote behind Jayden Daniels and Michael Penix Jr.. [28] Following his final collegiate game in the Fiesta Bowl against Liberty, he broke Mac Jones's previous record for the highest single season completion percentage at 77.45%. [29] He led the NCAA in pass completions, completion percentage, and passing touchdowns in 2023. [29] He started 61 games between Auburn and Oregon, the most in NCAA history for a quarterback. [30]
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
* NCAA Record
Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
Auburn Tigers | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | 13 | 13 | 9−4 | 217 | 377 | 57.6 | 2,542 | 6.7 | 16 | 6 | 125.0 | 97 | 313 | 3.2 | 7 | |
2020 | 11 | 11 | 6−5 | 214 | 357 | 59.9 | 2,415 | 6.8 | 12 | 7 | 123.9 | 108 | 388 | 3.6 | 7 | |
2021 | 10 | 10 | 6−4 | 197 | 323 | 61.0 | 2,294 | 7.1 | 11 | 3 | 130.0 | 57 | 168 | 2.9 | 4 | |
Oregon Ducks | ||||||||||||||||
2022 | 13 | 13 | 10–3 | 294 | 409 | 71.9 | 3,593 | 8.8 | 29 | 7 | 165.7 | 89 | 510 | 5.7 | 14 | |
2023 | 14 | 14 | 12–2 | 364 | 470 | 77.4* | 4,508 | 9.6 | 45 | 3 | 188.3 | 53 | 228 | 4.3 | 6 | |
Career | 61* | 61* | 43–18 | 1,286 | 1,936 | 66.4 | 15,352 | 7.9 | 108 | 26 | 149.6 | 405 | 1,613 | 4.0 | 38 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 2+1⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 214 lb (97 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | |||||||||
All values from NFL Combine [31] [32] |
Nix was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round (12th overall) of the 2024 NFL draft. [33] He was the last of six quarterbacks taken in the first round, tying the 1983 draft for the most in NFL history. [34] On May 10, 2024, Nix was the first quarterback of the 2024 draft class to sign his rookie contract, which was a four-year, fully guaranteed $18.61 million deal with a fifth-year option. [35]
Nix is the son of former Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix. [36] Both of Nix's brothers also play college football with younger brother Caleb playing safety at Clemson and adopted brother Tez Johnson is playing wide receiver at Oregon. [37] [38] He is married to Izzy Smoke, a former Auburn cheerleader. [39] [40]
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