Bo Nix explains how playing in multiple offenses helped him prepare for NFL

Quarterback Bo Nix has begun his preparation for the NFL, but will enter his first season in the league as the most experienced rookie the game has seen following an NCAA record 61 starts between his time spent at Auburn and Oregon in his college career.

Nix is currently at the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile where the top college prospects compete and show off their skills ahead of the NFL Draft, and where quarterbacks get accustomed to an NFL-style playbook. But learning a new playbook is commonplace for Nix, who was asked how his experience learning a multitude of offenses throughout his college career will help him in the next level.

“I think it’s important. Five offenses in five years, five different playcallers, so I’ve been around the block,” Nix said. “I’ve been able to learn from a lot of different people who’ve had a lot of different success. They’ve been able to coach a lot of different quarterbacks in the past and lead a lot of great offenses, all of them in their respective ways.”

The Pinson, Alabama native started his college career at Auburn where he played immediately, becoming the first true freshman quarterback to start a season opener for the Tigers since 1946. He set freshman school records for completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns, earning the SEC Freshman of the Year Award.

But after three seasons, and three different offensive coordinators, at Auburn Nix decided to transfer to Oregon. Where he would take his game to a whole new level and wind up playing the best football of his career.

“But I think just along the way I learned, picked up a lot from each individual and grew during my time. Had a lot of experience to grow. So however that translates next I think it’ll just show the adaptability and comfortability I have being uncomfortable and having to learn new things,” Nix explained.

Nix set career highs in nearly every stat category in his first season at Oregon, but in his second and final season in Eugene he would solidify himself as one of the best quarterbacks in the entire country in yet another offensive system.

Nix threw for a career-high 4,508 yards and 45 touchdown passes last season, also being the model of efficiency completing 77.4% of his passes and throwing just three interceptions on the season. His performance earned him a trip to New York in December as a Heisman Trophy finalist, and his adaptability and improvement throughout his college career makes him an intriguing prospect ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft.

“But I look it as a fun challenge, I’m a football junkie and so I just enjoy learning different plays and how you can name the same play different ways. But it was always fun to me, fast learner, and just adapting,” Nix said. “I think in the future maybe one day, maybe if I get to coach someday in high school or something, I get to put all their offenses together and make them my own.”

Bo Nix ranks second all-time in college football history with 17,344 career yards through the air and ground, fourth with 152 total touchdowns, sixth with 15,352 passing yards, and seventh with 1,286 completions. And if he can adapt to the professional level the same way he’s adapted throughout his collegiate career, the sky is the limit for the decorated and experienced quarterback from Alabama.