Bo Nix was officially introduced as the Broncos newest QB at a news conference Friday afternoon.
Nix on age of 24:"We had an older class this year. But we were all wiser and more mature by the time we came out."As a big basketball fan, Bo Nix during his introductory press conference as the Broncos’ new rookie quarterback gave a shoutout to Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets. He knows the Colorado Avalanche are good, even if he wasn’t quite sure if they’re good at playing a hockey game or a hockey match. Either way, he wants to go to a game. Or match.
The draft process is not easy for any top-round prospect. To separate one from the other often leads to tearing down one as a means to distinguishing the other. In Nix’s case, he was the oldest at 24 years old of the six first-round quarterbacks. Most prospects coming into the NFL are 21 or 22 years old. Most play three years with a max of four years. He played five college seasons – three at Auburn and two at Oregon.That doesn’t make him bad.
For his introduction press conference, Nix wore an understated light orange, blue plain sports coat, white shirt, blue tie, dark pants, white sneakers and no socks. The young generation’s look.Wait a minute. What has it been like to hear ‘Bo knows this’ and ‘Bo knows that’ all his life?His dad, Patrick Nix, had to have known what his son was getting into when he named him Bo. Ten years before Patrick Nix played quarterback at Auburn, Bo Jackson was all that for the program.
More than that, Payton and Nix talk the same language. Football, Xs and Os language. Payton loves to describe offensive plays in detail, sometimes using football jargon the common fan and media are unfamiliar with.“I love talking football, too,’’ Nix said. “I think there’s a lot of positives in that because we’ll be able to connect on a level and be able to talk and have a deep conversation and really get to the important parts, the reason behind plays and why they’re efficient.
“He’s huge,’’ Bo Nix said. “He taught me so much at a young age. Continued to develop me and when I got to the 7th grade and started playing football for my school it was whatever I could to get better and better and better. And as his coaching elevated he started getting harder and harder on me but I think he saw something and he pushed me to be the best I can be.”
Johnson last year transferred from Troy, where he played three seasons, and joined his brother Bo in Oregon. Had 86 catches for 1,182 yards and 10 touchdowns with Bo as his quarterback.“It was right after our first year at Pinson , I was going into my senior year, he was, you know, in a tough spot,’’ Bo Nix said. “He just came over and hung out with us a few times and he didn’t leave. So he just started staying over a lot more and we took him in. He’s a brother to me now.
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