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Jersey Number 10
Bo Nix
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 217
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pinson, Ala.
- High School:
- Pinson Valley HS
- Prev School:
- Auburn
Bio
Notable
» Left Oregon as the program’s all-time leader in completion percentage at 74.9 (658-of-879).
» Broke UO single-season records for completions (364), passing yards (4,508) and passing TDs (45) in 2023.
» Set the new NCAA single-season record for completion percentage in 2023 at 77.45 (364-of-470).
» Broke the previous UO single-season record for completion percentage at 71.9 (294-of-409) in 2022.
» First UO quarterback ever to post a completion percentage of 70.0 or better in a season, doing so twice.
» Produced six of the top 10 single-game completion percentage performances in UO single-game history.
» At conclusion of college career, ranked second in NCAA history in total yards (16,965), tied for fourth in total touchdowns (152), sixth in passing yards (15,352), seventh in completions (1,286) and tied for 17th in passing touchdowns (113).
» 61 career starts were the most all-time by a FBS quarterback at the end of his career.
» Seven career Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week awards is the most in league history.
2024 NFL Draft
Selected No. 12 overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2024 NFL Draft ... Became the seventh Oregon quarterback to be drafted in the first half, and first since Justin Herbert in 2020 ... Gave Oregon a first-round draft pick for the fifth straight year ... Became the first Duck ever to be drafted by the Broncos in the first round, and the 10th Oregon player overall to be taken by Denver.
As A Fifth-Year Senior (2023)
» William V. Campbell Trophy winner
» Heisman Trophy finalist
» Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
» Associated Press Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
» CSC Academic All-America first team
» Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year
» Sports Illustrated All-America second team
» USA Today All-America second team
» Associated Press All-America third team
» Pac-12 All-Conference first team (Coaches)
» Associated Press All-Pac-12 first team
» Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 first team
» Maxwell Award finalist
» Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP
» Walter Camp Player of the Year finalist
» Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist
» Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award finalist
» 4x Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
» 8x Dave O’Brien Great 8 (Weeks 2, 4 8, 9 10, 11, 12 & 13)
Capped two-year Oregon career with arguably the greatest season ever by a Duck quarterback … Became the fourth Heisman Trophy finalist in program history, finishing third in the voting for college football’s highest honor ... Joined Marcus Mariota (2014), LaMichael James (2010) and Joey Harrington (2001) as Ducks to be Heisman finalists ... The second Duck ever (Justin Herbert, 2019) to win the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy, presented to the nation's top scholar-athlete for the best combination of academic success, athletic performance and exemplary leadership ... Also named an academic first-team all-American and the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year … The fourth Duck ever to be named the conference offensive player of the year ... Set the NCAA single-season record for completion percentage at 77.45 (364-of-470), surpassing his own UO single-season record of 71.9 set in 2022 … Broke Oregon single-season records for completions (364), passing yards (4,508) and passing touchdowns (45) … Became the first UO quarterback ever to surpass 4,500 passing yards in a season … Led the nation in passing touchdowns (45) while ranking second in passing yards per game (322.0), passing yards (4,508) and passer rating (188.32) … Threw just three interceptions, becoming the first FBS player since at least 2000 to record at least 45 passing touchdowns and no more than three picks …Threw multiple touchdowns in all 14 games, including a career-high six in Oregon’s win at Arizona State to tie the UO single-game record … Threw for more than 300 yards seven times, including 412 vs. USC and 404 at Arizona State … Named the Offensive MVP of the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl after throwing five touchdown passes to lead Oregon to its 12th win of the season in his final collegiate game … Tied the single-season conference record with four Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week awards while setting a new all-time record with seven in his career … Helped wide receiver Troy Franklin break Oregon single-season records for receiving yards (1,383), receiving touchdowns (14) and 100-yard receiving games (8), while Tez Johnson – Nix’s adopted younger brother – broke the program record for receptions (86) … vs. Portland State (Sept. 2): Produced the second-best single-game completion percentage in Oregon history at 85.2 (23-of-27) while throwing for 287 yards and three touchdowns in the season opener … at Texas Tech (Sept. 9): Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after leading Oregon to a comeback win in a hostile road environment … Completed 32-of-44 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing nine times for 46 yards … Orchestrated 13 fourth-quarter offensive points to erase a 27-18 deficit … vs. Hawai’i (Sept. 16): Threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns while completing 21-of-27 passes (77.8%) … vs. No. 19 Colorado (Sept. 23): Tied for the third-best completion percentage in UO single-game history at 84.8 (28-of-33) while throwing for 276 yards and three touchdowns … Also rushed for first touchdown of the season … at Stanford (Sept. 30): Completed more than 80.0 percent of his passes for the second straight game and third time in five contests, completing 27-of-32 passes for the fifth-best mark in Oregon history at 84.4 … Threw for four touchdowns and 290 yards … at No. 7 Washington (Oct. 14): Matched career-high with 33 completions while racking up 337 yards and two touchdowns … 33 completions tied for fifth-most in UO single-game history … vs. Washington State (Oct. 21): Accounted for three total touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) while completing 18-of-25 passes for 293 yards … at No. 13 Utah (Oct. 28): Rushed for a touchdown for the second straight game and third time in five games while also completing 24-of-31 passes (77.4%) for 248 yards and two scores … Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time on the season … vs. California (Nov. 4): First of three straight games with at least four passing touchdowns, matching career-high with six total touchdowns (four passing, two rushing) … Completed 29-of-38 passes for four scores while scoring multiple times on the ground for the only time in 2023 … Connected with Tez Johnson, his adopted younger brother, 12 times for 180 yards and two touchdowns … vs. USC (Nov. 11): Threw for a season-high 412 yards on 23-of-31 passes while connecting on four touchdown passes … First two pass attempts of the game were touchdowns of 77 (Tez Johnson) and 84 yards (Troy Franklin) … Became the first FBS quarterback since at least 2012 to throw touchdowns of at least 75 yards on his first two pass attempts of the game … Earned third Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season … at Arizona State (Nov. 18): Matched the UO single-game record with a career-high six touchdown passes, all coming in the first half … Completed 24-of-29 passes (82.8%) for 404 yards … 82.8 completion percentage was the ninth-best in UO single-game history … Matched the single-season record with his fourth Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week award, while also setting a new all-time record with the seventh of his career … vs. No. 16 Oregon State: Matched career-high with 33 completions on 40 attempts (82.5%) … Threw for 367 yards and two touchdowns while adding a 16-yard rushing TD in final career game at Autzen Stadium … vs. No. 4 Washington (Dec. 1, Pac-12 Championship Game): Threw for 239 yards and three touchdowns while rushing six times for a season-high 69 yards … vs. No. 23 Liberty (Jan. 1, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl): Capped collegiate career in historic fashion, earning Offensive MVP honors at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl while becoming the NCAA single-season record holder for completion percentage (77.45) … Also broke Oregon single-season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns … Completed 28-of-35 passes (80.0%) for 363 yards and five touchdowns, finishing with a completion rate of at least 80.0 for the sixth time in 14 games … Became the first Oregon quarterback ever to throw five touchdowns in a bowl game … 363 passing yards tied for the fourth-most in UO bowl game history.
As A Senior (2022)
» Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention (Coaches)
» Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 third team
» Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team
» Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist
» Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalist
» Maxwell Award semifinalist
» Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist
» 3x Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 8, 9 & 10)
» 2x Reese’s Senior Bowl Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 3 & 8)
» 3x Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week (Weeks 3, 8 & 10)
» 2x Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Weeks 3 & 8)
» 4x Davey O’Brien Great 8 (Weeks 3, 8, 9 & 10)
» 3x Manning Award Star of the Week (Weeks 3, 4 & 8)
One of the nation’s top quarterbacks in first season in Eugene, starting all 13 games for the Ducks … Accounted for 4,103 total yards of offense and 315.6 total yards per game, ranking 12th in the nation … No. 5 among all FBS players with 44 total touchdowns (29 passing, 14 rushing, 1 receiving) … The only FBS player in 2022 and one of just eight since 2000 to record at least 29 passing TDs and 14 rushing TDs in a season … Shattered the UO single-season completion percentage record with a stellar 71.9 mark (294-of-409), second-best in the nation … First Oregon quarterback ever to complete more than 70.0 percent of passes in a single season … 294 completions ranked second in UO single-season history, just 10 shy of the program record … Became the eighth UO quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season, ranking fourth in program history with 3,593 passing yards (first career 3,000-yard passing season) … 29 passing TDs tied for eighth in UO single-season history … Led all FBS quarterbacks with 14 rushing touchdowns, just one shy of the UO single-season record for a quarterback … The only FBS quarterback in 2022 and the only Oregon QB in history with three rushing touchdowns three times in a season … Joined Justin Herbert and Marcus Mariota as the only Oregon QBs to throw five touchdown passes multiple times in a season (vs. Eastern Washington, vs. UCLA) … Joined Akili Smith as the only UO quarterbacks with multiple 400-yard passing games in single season (at Washington State, at California) … Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week in weeks 8, 9 and 10, becoming just the third player ever to win the honor three weeks in a row … vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 10): Shined in Autzen Stadium debut, completing 28-of-33 passes for 277 yards and a career-high five touchdowns … 84.8 completion percentage ranked second in UO single-season history (min. 20 attempts) … First career game with more than three passing TDs … vs. No. 12 BYU (Sept. 17): Threw for 222 yards (13-of-18) and two touchdowns while rushing nine times for 35 yards and three scores … First Oregon QB with three TDs rushing and two passing in a game since Marcus Mariota in 2014 … First career game with three rushing TDs and first with multiple TDs both passing and rushing … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Helped Oregon erase a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to win, completing 33-of-44 passes (75.0%) for a career-high 428 yards and three touchdowns … 33 completions tied for fifth-most in UO single-game history … First career game with 400-plus passing yards … Just six passing yards shy of the UO single-game top 10 … Recorded his first career reception, an 18-yard catch from RB Bucky Irving … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Rushed just six times for a career-high 141 yards and two touchdowns while throwing for 161 yards and two scores … First FBS quarterback since 2010 and just the third since 1996 to average at least 23.0 yards per carry on five or more rushes in a game … 141 rushing yards tied for fifth-most in a game by an Oregon quarterback, and most since 2009 … Huge rushing day was headlined by a career-long 80-yard touchdown … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Rushed eight times for 70 yards and three touchdowns while completing 20-of-25 passes (80.0%) for 265 yards … First Oregon QB since Jeremiah Masoli in 2009 to rush for three TDs multiple times in a season … vs. No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 22): Second game of 2022 with five touchdown passes, throwing for 283 yards (22-of-28) while rushing eight times for 51 yards … 11-of-11 for 151 yards and three TDs in the second quarter alone … Earned the first of three straight Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors … at California (Oct. 29): Accounted for a career-high six touchdowns, throwing for 412 yards (27-of-35) and three scores and rushing 12 times for 59 yards and three TDs … Just the fourth Oregon QB ever and first since 2009 with three TDs both passing and rushing in a game … First Oregon QB to have multiple games in a season with at least three TDs rushing and two passing … 412 passing yards are the most ever by an Oregon QB vs. California … at Colorado (Nov. 5): Made history with two touchdowns passing, two rushing and one receiving, joining Josh Harris (Bowling Green, 11/17/01) as the only FBS players ever to achieve that feat in a single game … Completed 20-of-24 passes for 274 yards, ranking fifth in UO single-game history for completion percentage (83.3) … Just the third Duck and 12th Pac-12 player since 1996 to record a passing TD, rushing TD and receiving TD in the same game … First career touchdown catch was a 16-yard reception from RB Bucky Irving … vs. No. 25 Washington (Nov. 12): Completed 19-of-27 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 59 yards and a score, his 14th and final rushing TD of the season … vs. No. 10 Utah (Nov. 19): Led Oregon to a top-10 win, completing 25-of-37 passes for 287 yards and a touchdown … Surpassed 3,000 passing yards for the first time in his career … at No. 21 Oregon State (Nov. 26): Threw for 327 yards (27-of-41) and two TDs, surpassing 300 passing yards for the third time on the season and seventh time in his career … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28, Holiday Bowl): Helped Oregon rally from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to win the Holiday Bowl, completing 23-of-30 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns … Completed 9-of-11 passes for 103 yards and two scores in the fourth quarter to lead Oregon’s comeback.
As A Junior at Auburn (2021)
» SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Week 5)
» Manning Award Quarterback of the Week (Week 7)
Graduated from Auburn after the fall semester … Returning starter at quarterback … Played in 10 games before missing the remainder of the season with an injury … Passed for 2,294 yards while completing 61 percent of his passes (197-of-323) … Threw for 11 touchdowns while only being intercepted three times … Threw multiple touchdowns in four games … Surpasses 250 passing yards in five games … Ran for 158 yards and four scores … vs. Akron (Sept. 6): Set the Auburn record for completion percentage by completing 90.9 percent of his passes (20-of-22) … Threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns while leading six scoring drives before giving way to the backup … vs. LSU (Oct. 2): Named the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after completing 23-of-44 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown … Rushed for a 5-yard touchdown to pull Auburn within two in the fourth quarter … Engineered an 11-play, 92-yard touchdown drive to give Auburn the lead with 3:11 remaining … vs. No. 17 Arkansas (Oct. 16): Completed 80.8 percent of his passes (21-of-26) for 292 yards and two touchdowns to earn a Manning Award Star of the Week … Ran for 42 yards and a touchdown … vs. No. 10 Ole Miss (Oct. 30): Passed for 276 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 30 yards and two more scores … Mississippi State (Nov. 13): Completed 27-of-41 passes for a career-high 377 passing yards and two touchdowns.
As A Sophomore at Auburn (2020)
» Manning Award Star of the Week (Week 5)
» SEC Academic Honor Roll
» Third Team All-SEC (Athlon)
Returning starter at quarterback … voted team captain … Threw for 2,415 yards and 12 touchdowns in a COVID-shortened season where the Tigers played ten SEC opponents before squaring off with Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl … Completed 214-of-357 passing attempts (59.9%) … Threw a touchdown pass in eight games … Passed for three touchdowns twice … Racked up at least 250 passing yards three times … Ran for 388 yards and seven touchdowns … at Ole Miss (Oct. 24): Earned Manning Award Star of the Week recognition after completing 23-of-30 passes for 238 yards at Ole Miss … Tossed the game-winning 58-yard TD pass to Seth Williams with 1:14 remaining … vs. LSU (Oct. 31): Connected on 18-of-24 passes for 300 yards and 3 TD passes … Was Auburn’s top rusher with 81 yards, 1 TD … 91-yard TD pass to Anthony Schwartz was third-longest in AU history … vs. No. 14 Northwestern (Jan. 1): Threw for 292 yards while completing 25-of-42 passes with one touchdown against the Big Ten West Champions.
As A Freshman at Auburn (2019)
» SEC Freshman of the Year
» SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 1 & 5)
» Davey O’Brien “Great 8” (Week 5)
» Manning Award Star of the Week (Week 5)
» SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
First true freshman QB to start a season opener for Auburn since 1946 … Set Auburn freshman records for completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns … Connected on 217-of-377 passes for 2,542 yards and 16 touchdowns … Threw for at least one touchdown in 12 of 13 games … Tossed multiple TD passes three times … Rushed for 313 yards and seven TDs … Passed and ran for a touchdown in six games … vs. No. 11 Oregon (Aug. 31): Completed 13-of-31 passes for 177 yards with two touchdowns to earn SEC … Competed the game-winning TD pass to Seth Williams with 0:09 left in the contest … vs Mississippi State (Sept. 28): Connected on 16-of-21 passing attempts for 335 yards passing with with two touchdowns … Rushed for a touchdown and was Auburn’s top rusher with 56 yards … vs. Ole Miss (Nov. 2): Threw for 340 yards, the second-most ever by an Auburn freshman while completing 30-of-44 passes for 340 yards … Ran for 20 yards and a touchdown … vs. No. 5 Georgia (Oct. 16): Competed 60 percent of his passes (30-of-50) for 245 yards with both a passing and rushing touchdown … 50 pass attempts tied for 5th most ever in a game by an Auburn QB and 30 completions tied for fourth in Auburn history.
High School
Decorated quarterback who enrolled early at Auburn … Set Alabama state records with more than 12,000 career total offense yards and 161 career TD accounted for (127 pass, 34 rush) … Led Pinson Valley High to consecutive Class 6A state titles … Father Patrick Nix was his coach … Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year … USA Today All-USA Offensive Player of the Year finalist, Alabama Offensive Player of the Year and All-America First Team … Under Armour All-America Game … Alabama Mr. Football … Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Class 6A ASWA all-state and Back of the Year … AL.com A-List … Rivals, 24/7 and PrepStar rated him the nation’s top quarterback prospect … Rivals, PrepStar five-star recruit … Listed among top four overall recruits in state of Alabama by Rivals, 24/7, ESPN … Max Preps All-America … National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Also played baseball and basketball.
» Left Oregon as the program’s all-time leader in completion percentage at 74.9 (658-of-879).
» Broke UO single-season records for completions (364), passing yards (4,508) and passing TDs (45) in 2023.
» Set the new NCAA single-season record for completion percentage in 2023 at 77.45 (364-of-470).
» Broke the previous UO single-season record for completion percentage at 71.9 (294-of-409) in 2022.
» First UO quarterback ever to post a completion percentage of 70.0 or better in a season, doing so twice.
» Produced six of the top 10 single-game completion percentage performances in UO single-game history.
» At conclusion of college career, ranked second in NCAA history in total yards (16,965), tied for fourth in total touchdowns (152), sixth in passing yards (15,352), seventh in completions (1,286) and tied for 17th in passing touchdowns (113).
» 61 career starts were the most all-time by a FBS quarterback at the end of his career.
» Seven career Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week awards is the most in league history.
2024 NFL Draft
Selected No. 12 overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2024 NFL Draft ... Became the seventh Oregon quarterback to be drafted in the first half, and first since Justin Herbert in 2020 ... Gave Oregon a first-round draft pick for the fifth straight year ... Became the first Duck ever to be drafted by the Broncos in the first round, and the 10th Oregon player overall to be taken by Denver.
As A Fifth-Year Senior (2023)
» William V. Campbell Trophy winner
» Heisman Trophy finalist
» Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
» Associated Press Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
» CSC Academic All-America first team
» Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year
» Sports Illustrated All-America second team
» USA Today All-America second team
» Associated Press All-America third team
» Pac-12 All-Conference first team (Coaches)
» Associated Press All-Pac-12 first team
» Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 first team
» Maxwell Award finalist
» Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP
» Walter Camp Player of the Year finalist
» Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist
» Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award finalist
» 4x Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
» 8x Dave O’Brien Great 8 (Weeks 2, 4 8, 9 10, 11, 12 & 13)
Capped two-year Oregon career with arguably the greatest season ever by a Duck quarterback … Became the fourth Heisman Trophy finalist in program history, finishing third in the voting for college football’s highest honor ... Joined Marcus Mariota (2014), LaMichael James (2010) and Joey Harrington (2001) as Ducks to be Heisman finalists ... The second Duck ever (Justin Herbert, 2019) to win the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy, presented to the nation's top scholar-athlete for the best combination of academic success, athletic performance and exemplary leadership ... Also named an academic first-team all-American and the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year … The fourth Duck ever to be named the conference offensive player of the year ... Set the NCAA single-season record for completion percentage at 77.45 (364-of-470), surpassing his own UO single-season record of 71.9 set in 2022 … Broke Oregon single-season records for completions (364), passing yards (4,508) and passing touchdowns (45) … Became the first UO quarterback ever to surpass 4,500 passing yards in a season … Led the nation in passing touchdowns (45) while ranking second in passing yards per game (322.0), passing yards (4,508) and passer rating (188.32) … Threw just three interceptions, becoming the first FBS player since at least 2000 to record at least 45 passing touchdowns and no more than three picks …Threw multiple touchdowns in all 14 games, including a career-high six in Oregon’s win at Arizona State to tie the UO single-game record … Threw for more than 300 yards seven times, including 412 vs. USC and 404 at Arizona State … Named the Offensive MVP of the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl after throwing five touchdown passes to lead Oregon to its 12th win of the season in his final collegiate game … Tied the single-season conference record with four Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week awards while setting a new all-time record with seven in his career … Helped wide receiver Troy Franklin break Oregon single-season records for receiving yards (1,383), receiving touchdowns (14) and 100-yard receiving games (8), while Tez Johnson – Nix’s adopted younger brother – broke the program record for receptions (86) … vs. Portland State (Sept. 2): Produced the second-best single-game completion percentage in Oregon history at 85.2 (23-of-27) while throwing for 287 yards and three touchdowns in the season opener … at Texas Tech (Sept. 9): Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after leading Oregon to a comeback win in a hostile road environment … Completed 32-of-44 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing nine times for 46 yards … Orchestrated 13 fourth-quarter offensive points to erase a 27-18 deficit … vs. Hawai’i (Sept. 16): Threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns while completing 21-of-27 passes (77.8%) … vs. No. 19 Colorado (Sept. 23): Tied for the third-best completion percentage in UO single-game history at 84.8 (28-of-33) while throwing for 276 yards and three touchdowns … Also rushed for first touchdown of the season … at Stanford (Sept. 30): Completed more than 80.0 percent of his passes for the second straight game and third time in five contests, completing 27-of-32 passes for the fifth-best mark in Oregon history at 84.4 … Threw for four touchdowns and 290 yards … at No. 7 Washington (Oct. 14): Matched career-high with 33 completions while racking up 337 yards and two touchdowns … 33 completions tied for fifth-most in UO single-game history … vs. Washington State (Oct. 21): Accounted for three total touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) while completing 18-of-25 passes for 293 yards … at No. 13 Utah (Oct. 28): Rushed for a touchdown for the second straight game and third time in five games while also completing 24-of-31 passes (77.4%) for 248 yards and two scores … Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time on the season … vs. California (Nov. 4): First of three straight games with at least four passing touchdowns, matching career-high with six total touchdowns (four passing, two rushing) … Completed 29-of-38 passes for four scores while scoring multiple times on the ground for the only time in 2023 … Connected with Tez Johnson, his adopted younger brother, 12 times for 180 yards and two touchdowns … vs. USC (Nov. 11): Threw for a season-high 412 yards on 23-of-31 passes while connecting on four touchdown passes … First two pass attempts of the game were touchdowns of 77 (Tez Johnson) and 84 yards (Troy Franklin) … Became the first FBS quarterback since at least 2012 to throw touchdowns of at least 75 yards on his first two pass attempts of the game … Earned third Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season … at Arizona State (Nov. 18): Matched the UO single-game record with a career-high six touchdown passes, all coming in the first half … Completed 24-of-29 passes (82.8%) for 404 yards … 82.8 completion percentage was the ninth-best in UO single-game history … Matched the single-season record with his fourth Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week award, while also setting a new all-time record with the seventh of his career … vs. No. 16 Oregon State: Matched career-high with 33 completions on 40 attempts (82.5%) … Threw for 367 yards and two touchdowns while adding a 16-yard rushing TD in final career game at Autzen Stadium … vs. No. 4 Washington (Dec. 1, Pac-12 Championship Game): Threw for 239 yards and three touchdowns while rushing six times for a season-high 69 yards … vs. No. 23 Liberty (Jan. 1, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl): Capped collegiate career in historic fashion, earning Offensive MVP honors at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl while becoming the NCAA single-season record holder for completion percentage (77.45) … Also broke Oregon single-season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns … Completed 28-of-35 passes (80.0%) for 363 yards and five touchdowns, finishing with a completion rate of at least 80.0 for the sixth time in 14 games … Became the first Oregon quarterback ever to throw five touchdowns in a bowl game … 363 passing yards tied for the fourth-most in UO bowl game history.
As A Senior (2022)
» Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention (Coaches)
» Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 third team
» Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team
» Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist
» Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalist
» Maxwell Award semifinalist
» Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist
» 3x Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 8, 9 & 10)
» 2x Reese’s Senior Bowl Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 3 & 8)
» 3x Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week (Weeks 3, 8 & 10)
» 2x Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Weeks 3 & 8)
» 4x Davey O’Brien Great 8 (Weeks 3, 8, 9 & 10)
» 3x Manning Award Star of the Week (Weeks 3, 4 & 8)
One of the nation’s top quarterbacks in first season in Eugene, starting all 13 games for the Ducks … Accounted for 4,103 total yards of offense and 315.6 total yards per game, ranking 12th in the nation … No. 5 among all FBS players with 44 total touchdowns (29 passing, 14 rushing, 1 receiving) … The only FBS player in 2022 and one of just eight since 2000 to record at least 29 passing TDs and 14 rushing TDs in a season … Shattered the UO single-season completion percentage record with a stellar 71.9 mark (294-of-409), second-best in the nation … First Oregon quarterback ever to complete more than 70.0 percent of passes in a single season … 294 completions ranked second in UO single-season history, just 10 shy of the program record … Became the eighth UO quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season, ranking fourth in program history with 3,593 passing yards (first career 3,000-yard passing season) … 29 passing TDs tied for eighth in UO single-season history … Led all FBS quarterbacks with 14 rushing touchdowns, just one shy of the UO single-season record for a quarterback … The only FBS quarterback in 2022 and the only Oregon QB in history with three rushing touchdowns three times in a season … Joined Justin Herbert and Marcus Mariota as the only Oregon QBs to throw five touchdown passes multiple times in a season (vs. Eastern Washington, vs. UCLA) … Joined Akili Smith as the only UO quarterbacks with multiple 400-yard passing games in single season (at Washington State, at California) … Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week in weeks 8, 9 and 10, becoming just the third player ever to win the honor three weeks in a row … vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 10): Shined in Autzen Stadium debut, completing 28-of-33 passes for 277 yards and a career-high five touchdowns … 84.8 completion percentage ranked second in UO single-season history (min. 20 attempts) … First career game with more than three passing TDs … vs. No. 12 BYU (Sept. 17): Threw for 222 yards (13-of-18) and two touchdowns while rushing nine times for 35 yards and three scores … First Oregon QB with three TDs rushing and two passing in a game since Marcus Mariota in 2014 … First career game with three rushing TDs and first with multiple TDs both passing and rushing … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Helped Oregon erase a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to win, completing 33-of-44 passes (75.0%) for a career-high 428 yards and three touchdowns … 33 completions tied for fifth-most in UO single-game history … First career game with 400-plus passing yards … Just six passing yards shy of the UO single-game top 10 … Recorded his first career reception, an 18-yard catch from RB Bucky Irving … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Rushed just six times for a career-high 141 yards and two touchdowns while throwing for 161 yards and two scores … First FBS quarterback since 2010 and just the third since 1996 to average at least 23.0 yards per carry on five or more rushes in a game … 141 rushing yards tied for fifth-most in a game by an Oregon quarterback, and most since 2009 … Huge rushing day was headlined by a career-long 80-yard touchdown … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Rushed eight times for 70 yards and three touchdowns while completing 20-of-25 passes (80.0%) for 265 yards … First Oregon QB since Jeremiah Masoli in 2009 to rush for three TDs multiple times in a season … vs. No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 22): Second game of 2022 with five touchdown passes, throwing for 283 yards (22-of-28) while rushing eight times for 51 yards … 11-of-11 for 151 yards and three TDs in the second quarter alone … Earned the first of three straight Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors … at California (Oct. 29): Accounted for a career-high six touchdowns, throwing for 412 yards (27-of-35) and three scores and rushing 12 times for 59 yards and three TDs … Just the fourth Oregon QB ever and first since 2009 with three TDs both passing and rushing in a game … First Oregon QB to have multiple games in a season with at least three TDs rushing and two passing … 412 passing yards are the most ever by an Oregon QB vs. California … at Colorado (Nov. 5): Made history with two touchdowns passing, two rushing and one receiving, joining Josh Harris (Bowling Green, 11/17/01) as the only FBS players ever to achieve that feat in a single game … Completed 20-of-24 passes for 274 yards, ranking fifth in UO single-game history for completion percentage (83.3) … Just the third Duck and 12th Pac-12 player since 1996 to record a passing TD, rushing TD and receiving TD in the same game … First career touchdown catch was a 16-yard reception from RB Bucky Irving … vs. No. 25 Washington (Nov. 12): Completed 19-of-27 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 59 yards and a score, his 14th and final rushing TD of the season … vs. No. 10 Utah (Nov. 19): Led Oregon to a top-10 win, completing 25-of-37 passes for 287 yards and a touchdown … Surpassed 3,000 passing yards for the first time in his career … at No. 21 Oregon State (Nov. 26): Threw for 327 yards (27-of-41) and two TDs, surpassing 300 passing yards for the third time on the season and seventh time in his career … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28, Holiday Bowl): Helped Oregon rally from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to win the Holiday Bowl, completing 23-of-30 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns … Completed 9-of-11 passes for 103 yards and two scores in the fourth quarter to lead Oregon’s comeback.
As A Junior at Auburn (2021)
» SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Week 5)
» Manning Award Quarterback of the Week (Week 7)
Graduated from Auburn after the fall semester … Returning starter at quarterback … Played in 10 games before missing the remainder of the season with an injury … Passed for 2,294 yards while completing 61 percent of his passes (197-of-323) … Threw for 11 touchdowns while only being intercepted three times … Threw multiple touchdowns in four games … Surpasses 250 passing yards in five games … Ran for 158 yards and four scores … vs. Akron (Sept. 6): Set the Auburn record for completion percentage by completing 90.9 percent of his passes (20-of-22) … Threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns while leading six scoring drives before giving way to the backup … vs. LSU (Oct. 2): Named the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after completing 23-of-44 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown … Rushed for a 5-yard touchdown to pull Auburn within two in the fourth quarter … Engineered an 11-play, 92-yard touchdown drive to give Auburn the lead with 3:11 remaining … vs. No. 17 Arkansas (Oct. 16): Completed 80.8 percent of his passes (21-of-26) for 292 yards and two touchdowns to earn a Manning Award Star of the Week … Ran for 42 yards and a touchdown … vs. No. 10 Ole Miss (Oct. 30): Passed for 276 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 30 yards and two more scores … Mississippi State (Nov. 13): Completed 27-of-41 passes for a career-high 377 passing yards and two touchdowns.
As A Sophomore at Auburn (2020)
» Manning Award Star of the Week (Week 5)
» SEC Academic Honor Roll
» Third Team All-SEC (Athlon)
Returning starter at quarterback … voted team captain … Threw for 2,415 yards and 12 touchdowns in a COVID-shortened season where the Tigers played ten SEC opponents before squaring off with Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl … Completed 214-of-357 passing attempts (59.9%) … Threw a touchdown pass in eight games … Passed for three touchdowns twice … Racked up at least 250 passing yards three times … Ran for 388 yards and seven touchdowns … at Ole Miss (Oct. 24): Earned Manning Award Star of the Week recognition after completing 23-of-30 passes for 238 yards at Ole Miss … Tossed the game-winning 58-yard TD pass to Seth Williams with 1:14 remaining … vs. LSU (Oct. 31): Connected on 18-of-24 passes for 300 yards and 3 TD passes … Was Auburn’s top rusher with 81 yards, 1 TD … 91-yard TD pass to Anthony Schwartz was third-longest in AU history … vs. No. 14 Northwestern (Jan. 1): Threw for 292 yards while completing 25-of-42 passes with one touchdown against the Big Ten West Champions.
As A Freshman at Auburn (2019)
» SEC Freshman of the Year
» SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 1 & 5)
» Davey O’Brien “Great 8” (Week 5)
» Manning Award Star of the Week (Week 5)
» SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
First true freshman QB to start a season opener for Auburn since 1946 … Set Auburn freshman records for completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns … Connected on 217-of-377 passes for 2,542 yards and 16 touchdowns … Threw for at least one touchdown in 12 of 13 games … Tossed multiple TD passes three times … Rushed for 313 yards and seven TDs … Passed and ran for a touchdown in six games … vs. No. 11 Oregon (Aug. 31): Completed 13-of-31 passes for 177 yards with two touchdowns to earn SEC … Competed the game-winning TD pass to Seth Williams with 0:09 left in the contest … vs Mississippi State (Sept. 28): Connected on 16-of-21 passing attempts for 335 yards passing with with two touchdowns … Rushed for a touchdown and was Auburn’s top rusher with 56 yards … vs. Ole Miss (Nov. 2): Threw for 340 yards, the second-most ever by an Auburn freshman while completing 30-of-44 passes for 340 yards … Ran for 20 yards and a touchdown … vs. No. 5 Georgia (Oct. 16): Competed 60 percent of his passes (30-of-50) for 245 yards with both a passing and rushing touchdown … 50 pass attempts tied for 5th most ever in a game by an Auburn QB and 30 completions tied for fourth in Auburn history.
High School
Decorated quarterback who enrolled early at Auburn … Set Alabama state records with more than 12,000 career total offense yards and 161 career TD accounted for (127 pass, 34 rush) … Led Pinson Valley High to consecutive Class 6A state titles … Father Patrick Nix was his coach … Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year … USA Today All-USA Offensive Player of the Year finalist, Alabama Offensive Player of the Year and All-America First Team … Under Armour All-America Game … Alabama Mr. Football … Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Class 6A ASWA all-state and Back of the Year … AL.com A-List … Rivals, 24/7 and PrepStar rated him the nation’s top quarterback prospect … Rivals, PrepStar five-star recruit … Listed among top four overall recruits in state of Alabama by Rivals, 24/7, ESPN … Max Preps All-America … National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Also played baseball and basketball.
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