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11/03/20 - QB Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon, (DS#6 QB)

Bo Nix looked up into the jaws of the LSU defense. He wanted the ball in his hands. He wanted to attack. Nix came to play. Nix pulled the football on an option keeper in that moment, dashing left before he powered through a defender grasping at his shoulder pads, then dove for the pylon to score his third touchdown - undeniable on a stellar day for the sophomore. If he had something to prove, he proved it. "I think it's huge for Auburn to have a big win like that," Nix said. Two weeks after maybe the worst game of his college career at South Carolina, Nix led the Auburn offense to a record-setting beatdown against LSU. He threw for three touchdowns, ran in that hard-earned rushing score in the third quarter to put Auburn up big, then fired a 91-yard touchdown bomb to Anthony Schwartz in the fourth quarter to put an exclamation point on Auburn's statement day.

Nix finished with 381 total yards and four total touchdowns - staring down a rival and a national champion and never flinching. "He got beat up pretty bad two weeks ago, and he's establishing himself as one of the best in our league," Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn said of Nix after the game. "I think it's about time people start recognizing that. It's something we can build upon - running the football, play-action shots. He made some really good moves with his feet - and third downs, we won the third-down battle today by quite a bit." Nix threw three interceptions in that loss at South Carolina that Malzahn mentioned, and he's been under the microscope in the public eye ever since. But Saturday he completed 18 of 24 passes for 300 passing yards and three throwing scores while rushing for 81 more yards and another touchdown on 11 carries. And he led the team to score the most points Auburn has ever scored against LSU. - Opelika-Auburn News

(DS#6 QB) rSr/2024