Bo Nix

UPDATES

Week 3: Nix completed 21-of-27 (77.8 percent) for 247 yards and threw three touchdowns as host Oregon crushed Hawaii, 55-10. As in Weeks 1 and 2, Nix had no interceptions in the game.

Week 2: Nix threw for 323 yards, completing 30-of-42 passes (71.4% passing rating), as visiting Oregon outlasted Texas Tech, 38-10. Nix also threw two touchdowns and no INT.

Week 1: Nix threw for 269 yards and completed 22-of-26 (84.6 percent) and three touchdowns, and helped lead Oregon to a school-record 81 points. The Ducks massacred Portland State 81-6. Nix also threw three touchdowns and had no INTs. 

Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

Notable
» Will return to Oregon for his final season of eligibility in 2023.
» Oregon single-season record holder for completion percentage (71.9, 2022).
» First UO starting quarterback ever to post a completion percentage of 70.0 or better in a season. 
 
2022: Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention ... 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 ... Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 8, 9 & 10) ... Reese’s Senior Bowl Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 3 & 8)
» Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week (Weeks 3, 8 & 10) ... Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Weeks 3 & 8) ... Davey O’Brien Great 8 (Weeks 3, 8, 9 & 10) ... Manning Award Star of the Week (Weeks 3, 4 & 8) ... Started 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.

—at Auburn University— 

2021 (jr): 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.
 
2020 (soph): 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.
 
2019 (fr): 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: Attended Pinson Valley High School (Pinson, AL) … Father Patrick Nix was his coach 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 … 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.

PERSONAL

National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Also played baseball and basketball in high school.

2022

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
408.0	8.8	0.721	3594.0	7.0	29.0	294.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
5.8	14.0	514.0	88.0	80.0

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
2.0	18.0	1.0	18.0	36.0

punting
In 20	LONG	NO	TB	YDS	YPP
1.0	34.0	2.0	0.0	67.0	33.5