New Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix played a lot of football throughout his college career, and it sounds like that’s a big reason why the Denver Broncos felt confident in selecting him in the first round of the NFL Draft.
Bo Nix earned a starting role as a true freshman with the Auburn Tigers and ultimately played in 61 games throughout his college football career after he was given an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For that reason, Denver Broncos general manager George Paton thinks that Nix is further along than most other rookies at this point.
“You look at it, it’s hard because this is new but 24 years old is not that old for football,’’ Paton said according to Mike Klis of KUSA. “You evaluate it but you’re really evaluating the player, you’re evaluating the person. Evaluate how they fit in with the organization, especially for a quarterback. To me the age, they’re going to be more, especially with a guy like Bo Nix, 61 starts, we feel like he’ll be more game-ready than if we were going to draft a 21 year old.”
The Broncos are in need of a new starting quarterback after parting ways with Russell Wilson this offseason. We’ll have to see how Nix performs.
[KUSA]
