Bo Nix NFL Draft 2024: Scouting Report for Denver Broncos QB

HEIGHT: 6'2"

WEIGHT: 214

HAND: 10⅛"

ARM: 30⅞"

WINGSPAN: 74½"

40-YARD DASH: N/A

3-CONE: N/A

SHUTTLE: N/A

VERTICAL: N/A

BROAD: N/A

POSITIVES

— Very good athlete. Explosive short-area movement; shows good speed in the open field.

— Good creation ability outside the pocket. Willing to break structure; plays with eyes downfield.

— Functional accuracy. Shows the ability to layer throws.

— Consistent, reliable quick game operator. Ball comes out quickly and accurately.

NEGATIVES

— Oregon did not ask a lot of him as a processor down the field. Ton of screens, RPOs and simple vertical concepts.

— Inconsistent dropback footwork. Too often disrupts his timing when working full-bodied dropback passing concepts.

— Below-average ability to find answers within structure when first read is taken away.

— Inconsistent toughness in the pocket. Shows good flashes, but too often falls away from throws.

2023 STATISTICS

— 14 G, 364-470 (77.4%), 4,508 YDS, 9.6 Y/A, 45 TD, 3 INT, 188.3 RTG; 54 ATT, 234 YDS (4.3 AVG), 6 TD

NOTES

— Born Feb. 25, 2000

— 5-star recruit in Auburn's 2019 class, per 247Sports' composite rankings

— Transferred from Auburn to Oregon in 2022

— Five-year starter (three years at Auburn, two years at Oregon)

— 2023 first-team All-Pac-12, 2023 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, 2023 Heisman finalist

OVERALL

Bo Nix is still an incomplete player for someone who has played so much football, but his tools are undeniable.

Nix's greatest asset is arguably his athleticism. He is flexible, quick on his feet and dangerously explosive. He consistently escapes pressure and finds a number of different ways to do so. Nix also brings good speed in the open field, which serves him well as a scrambler and as a designed runner.

As a thrower, Nix is a mixed bag. He has a loose arm and can air it out deep down the field well enough. That looseness even applies to Nix's ability to throw on the run, where he really shines. However, Nix's velocity wavers outside the numbers. He can drive it over the middle, but maintaining good speed and arc to the outside is a struggle at times.

It's also hard to get a sense for where Nix is at in terms of being an NFL processor. Oregon's offense lightened the load on him mentally by spamming screens, run-pass options and simple vertical concepts. Even a lot of Oregon's more traditional passing concepts were made easier to read out and trigger on by their use of spacing and abusing the college hashes, which won't exist for him in the NFL.

Nix could also stand to improve his footwork and pocket demeanor. There are moments of good, stable movement in the pocket, but he too often shies away from throws and hinders his ability to throw accurately.

Nix will ultimately be a dice roll on athleticism and accuracy. With that said, it's a little worrisome that Nix is still unrefined in some areas as an older prospect with a ton of games under his belt. Nix would fit best in a spread-oriented offense that emphasizes RPOs, the quarterback run game and vertical passing.

GRADE: 7.2 (High-Level Backup/Potential Starter — 3rd Round)

OVERALL RANK: 61

POSITION RANK: QB5

PRO COMPARISON: Andy Dalton

Written by B/R NFL Scout Derrik Klassen

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