Bo Nix: QB · Auburn · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Bo Nix
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches at Auburn: Gus Malzahn, Kevin Steele and Bryan Harsin. That makes two seasons with an honor, the latest Campbell in 2023. On tape: 377 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Mississippi State, Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
48.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.2% conversion-per-dropback — 38.9% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (10.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 60-10vs Akron | 20/22 | 275 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | 95.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 62-0vs Alabama State | 9/17 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 6.4 | 38.0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-28@ No. 10 Penn State | 21/37 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 73.2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-24vs Georgia State | 13/27 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 24.3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-19@ LSU | 23/44 | 255 | 1 | 0 | 5.8 | 79.8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-34vs No. 2 Georgia | 21/38 | 217 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 38.7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-23@ No. 17 Arkansas | 21/26 | 292 | 2 | 1 | 11.2 | 97.8 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-20vs No. 10 Ole Miss | 22/30 | 276 | 1 | 0 | 9.2 | 85.9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-20@ No. 13 Texas A&M | 20/41 | 153 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 27.9 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-43vs Mississippi State | 27/41 | 377 | 2 | 0 | 9.2 | 83.4 | Season-high 377 yds |
| Total | 197/323 | 2294 | 11 | 3 | 7.1 | — |
Week 9 · 2021
W 31-20
vs Ole Miss
276 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.9 · 30 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD
With O. Chapman — 56 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · T. Bigsby — 140 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 10 yds
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.7693 of 204 QBsSack rate
3.9%36 of 204 QBsRarely sacked (36 of 204 QBs) and still 93 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 61.0% completion on 323 attempts · 29 deep completions averaging 30.5 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 235 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 221 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 213 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 269 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan Harsin
Pass share
51.0%
452 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
323 pass attempts and 57 carries in 10 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #70 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Auburn, 7,250 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gus Malzahn → Bryan Harsin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
