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Position | Quarterback |
Class | Senior |
Major | Communications (BA) |
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Born: | Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S. | February 25, 2000
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 213 lb (97 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
Bowl games | |
High school | Pinson Valley High School (Pinson, Alabama) |
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Bo Chapman Nix (born February 25, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Oregon Ducks. Nix played with the Auburn Tigers from 2019 to 2021 before transferring to Oregon in 2022.
Nix was born on February 25, 2000, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.[1] During his career at Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Alabama, Nix accumulated over 12,000 total offensive yards and 161 touchdowns.[2] He also won Alabama's Mr. Football Award after his senior season.[3] Rated the top dual-threat quarterback of his class by 247Sports composite, he committed to play college football at Auburn University.
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, Nix was named the starting quarterback for Auburn's 2019 season opener against Oregon.[4] 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.[5]
Nix led Auburn to a 9–4 record in his freshman season, winning the Iron Bowl, 48–45 over Alabama.[6] He was voted the SEC's 2019 Freshman of the Year,[7] finishing the campaign with 16 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. He threw for 12 touchdowns and 7 interceptions as a sophomore in 2020.
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. Nix suffered a season-ending injury against Mississippi State. He threw for 11 touchdowns and just 3 interceptions in 2021. On December 12, 2021, Nix announced he was entering the transfer portal, describing himself as "miserable" while playing under then Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin.[8][9] Later, Alabama Media Group columnist Joseph Goodman wrote that Nix was all but forced to leave Auburn because an inadequate offensive line left him "seriously injured."[10]
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Prior to the 2022 season he would transfer to the University of Oregon. Nix improved drastically in his first season with the Ducks, throwing for 3,594 yards and 29 touchdowns, while leading the team to a 10-3 record. [11][12]
Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
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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 | 7.4 | 11 | 3 | 130.0 | 58 | 158 | 2.7 | 4 | |
Oregon Ducks | ||||||||||||||||
2022 | 13 | 13 | 10–3 | 294 | 409 | 71.9 | 3,594 | 8.8 | 29 | 7 | 165.7 | 89 | 510 | 5.7 | 14 | |
2023 | 5 | 5 | 5–0 | 131 | 163 | 80.3 | 1,459 | 8.9 | 15 | 1 | 184.6 | 19 | 87 | 4.5 | 1 | |
Career | 52 | 52 | 36-16 | 1,053 | 1,629 | 64.6 | 12,304 | 7.5 | 83 | 24 | 141.9 | 371 | 1,456 | 3.9 | 33 |
Nix is the son of former Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix and Krista Nix. Both of Nix's brothers also play college football, with younger brother Caleb playing quarterback at Clemson and adopted brother Tez Johnson playing wide receiver at Oregon.[13][14]
He is married to Izzy Smoke, a former Auburn cheerleader.[15][16]
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