Bo Nix, Oregon (6-2, 214 pounds)

Grade: A

Nix came into the combine confident that he had an arm accurate enough to make most of the throws, plus athleticism. But the question was whether he could keep his footwork sound when dropping back in the pocket and just how big an arm he had on out routes. Nix solidified his status as a first-half first-rounder by adding more oomph to his well-rounded game.

Excerpt from NFL Combine results: Grading the 2024 quarterback workouts, from Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr. to Sam Hartman accessible at https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-combine-results-quarterbacks-grades-rankings/8df0d8eb2480c8717ad081e5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Via Megan L. Hall, FTW Usa Today

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is “Bo-dacious.” That’s how fans view the Heisman hopeful and undercover sneakerhead who prefers his shoe game to be just like those billboards: all white, crisp, and clean.

Nix is in his second season with the Oregon Ducks after transferring from Auburn, where he was the 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year. Under his leadership, the Ducks are now a Pac-12 team rising to the top of the college football polls. On Saturday, they look to continue their fantastic start and dominance against Colorado, the most hyped team in college football right now.

Nix has also been cooking up things off the field. He’s been in the lab with 7-Eleven and The Shoe Surgeon, creating custom cleats that will be auctioned off to fans. All proceeds will benefit Children’s Miracle Network member hospital PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, Oregon.

“When this opportunity was presented, my eyes lit up,” Nix told For The Win. “I was very excited and thrilled to use something as simple as a pair of cleats for something so special.”

Ahead of No. 10 Oregon’s Week 4 matchup against No. 19 Colorado (3:30 p.m. ET on ABC), For The Win spoke with Nix about the Cleat Crew program, what has Oregon playing at such a high level and why he wants Matthew McConaughey to play him in a movie.

Via Max Torres, Ducks Digest

Oregon Ducks quarterback Bo Nix has been named the Pac-12 offensive player of the week for week 2, the conference announced on Monday.

Nix completed 32 of his 44 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns against the Red Raiders. He also didn't turn the ball over and pitched in 46 rushing yards on 9 carries, averaging 5.1 yards per carry.

The Oregon quarterback's legs were a big difference maker on Saturday, as he extended plays and moved the chains for the Ducks in big situations.

By Brian Hamilton, The Athletic

EUGENE, Ore. — Clear across the country, Bo Nix is on Park Avenue, arms aloft and spreading the word.

The word, specifically, is BODACIOUS. The ‘B’ and the ‘O’ are stacked and set off in green. Each is the size of a nation-state. The rest of the phrase runs from hand to outstretched hand above the torso of Oregon’s quarterback, his back turned so the world can see the name on the jersey. It gives the impression that the fifth-year senior holds everything together, which has its own metaphorical applications. But it also tells a story even bigger than a Heisman Trophy campaign billboard on display almost 3,000 miles from campus.

In a small conference room with glass walls, the actual Bo Nix appraises this outsize version of himself with deference. Didn’t even know it was real the first time he saw it, he says. It’s not like he’s the first Oregon quarterback to get a billboard in Manhattan, he says. Could’ve picked any of his teammates instead and they’d deserve it. An honor, naturally. “It’s just kind of shocking – like, wow, you’re in a position that that’s even possible,” Nix says. “I honestly never imagined myself being up on a billboard.”

And yet here he is, eye-level with possibility at last.

For the first three years of his collegiate career, Nix was a massive what-could-be, the striving five-star son of a former Auburn quarterback jousting with legacy and expectation. That knotty backstory unraveled with a transfer to Oregon and a 2022 season featuring 4,000-plus total yards, 40-plus touchdowns and a near 72 percent pass completion rate that led all power-conference quarterbacks. Turns out everything Nix went through was fed into a next-gen processor chip somewhere under his spiky blond coif, and out came arcade numbers. Finally. An unclouded mind guides the operation in Eugene. And the Ducks, ranked 15th in both the Associated Press and coaches preseason polls, follow the leader.