EUGENE — Oregon is adding a veteran quarterback from the SEC.
Bo Nix, the former Auburn quarterback who began his college career by beating the Ducks in the 2019 season opener, announced he’s transferring to Oregon.
The 6-foot-3, 214-pound Nix just finished his third-year sophomore season at Auburn, where he completed a career-high 61% of his throws for 2,294 yards with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions and ran for 168 yards and four scores in 10 games before suffering a fractured ankle.
Oregon offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham was in the same role at Auburn in 2019, when Nix won SEC Freshman of the Year.
In 34 career games, all starts, Nix completed 59.4% of his passes for 7,251 yards with 39 touchdowns and 16 interceptions and rushed for 869 yards and 18 touchdowns. He played for two head coaches (Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin) and three different offensive coordinators (Dillingham, Chad Morris, Mike Bobo) during his time at Auburn.
In 2020, Nix completed 59.9% of his throws for 2,415 yards with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions and ran for 388 yards and seven scores in 11 games.
Nix was the first true freshman QB to start a season opener for Auburn since 1946, which he did against the Ducks in a 27-21 win in Arlington, Texas when he threw the 27-yard game-winning touchdown to Seth Williams with nine seconds to go. Nix completed 57.6% of his passes for 2,542 yards with 16 touchdowns and six interceptions, all Auburn freshman records, and ran for 313 yards and seven scores that season.
The addition of Nix, who has two years of eligibility remaining, gives Oregon four scholarship quarterbacks entering 2022, with Ty Thompson, Jay Butterfield and Robby Ashford all freshmen in terms of eligibility. The Ducks are also back having a projected 85 scholarship players — the extreme high projection — for next season.
