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Former Auburn QB in familiar territory on other side of country

AP photo by Butch Dill / Bo Nix, shown during his time representing Auburn at the SEC's football media days event in 2021, is now at Oregon and in another competition to be the starting quarterback for a Power Five program.
AP photo by Butch Dill / Bo Nix, shown during his time representing Auburn at the SEC's football media days event in 2021, is now at Oregon and in another competition to be the starting quarterback for a Power Five program. AP photo by Butch Dill / Bo Nix, shown during his time representing Auburn at the SEC's football media days event in 2021, is now at Oregon and in another competition to be the starting quarterback for a Power Five program.

By The Associated Press 5 min read

EUGENE, Ore. – Bo Nix has seen this all before.

A three-year starter at Auburn, he transferred to Oregon in the offseason and now finds himself competing with younger teammates Jay Butterfield and Ty Thompson for the Ducks’ starting quarterback spot.

A year ago, Nix was up against LSU transfer T.J. Finley during Auburn’s camp. He won the job but was replaced by Finley in mid-November after breaking his ankle.

Nix said it’s been the same every preseason since he was a freshman: He pours himself into securing the job.

“I wanted that really bad, obviously,” he said. “It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do, and so I put my life to it, and that’s just what I’ve been doing for the past couple of years, all these competitions. I mean, you really do have to put your life to it and everything’s got to be about it.”