2021: Third-year starter at quarterback who is out of action for rest of season … ranks 3rd in career passing yards at Auburn with 7,251 yards … is 2nd in pass attempts (1,057) and completions (628) and 5th in career TD passes (39) … 20-22 passing for 275 yards and 3 scores against Akron, the second best efficiency rating (240.91) of his career … 9-17 passing for 108 yards with 2 TD against Alabama State … 21-37 for 185 yards passing at Penn State … 13-27 for 156 yards vs. Georgia State … 23-44 passing for 255 yards at LSU, with a 24-yd TD pass to Tyler Fromm and 75 yards rushing with a 5-yd rushing TD … had a string of 256 consecutive passes without an interception broken vs. Georgia (beating his own school record of 250) … 21-38 for 217 yards vs. Georgia … 21-26 for 292 yards with TD passes of 39 and 71 yds and a TD run of 23 yards at Arkansas … 2 rushing TD, 1 passing TD vs. Ole Miss, going 22-30 for 276 yards … 20-41 for 153 yards with an interception at Texas A&M … 27-41 for career-high 377 yards with 2 TD vs. Mississippi State; surgery for broken ankle following game … 34 consecutive starts tied for 2nd-most in Auburn history … Manning Award player of week (Arkansas) … SEC offensive player of week (LSU) … Davey O’Brien Great 8 (Arkansas) … game captain (Akron, Texas A&M) … offensive player of week (Akron, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss) ... Preseason: Maxwell Award watch list, Manning Award watch list, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list, CFPA Performer of Year watch list, All-SEC 3rd team (SEC coaches, SEC media) ... SEC academic honor roll
2020: Returning starter at quarterback … voted team captain … career totals: 431-734 (58.7) for 4,957 yards … 28 career TD passes; 14 career TD runs … 16-27 passing for 233 yards vs. Kentucky, with 3 TD passes … Auburn record streak of consecutive pass attempts without an interception was snapped at 251 at Georgia; 21-41 for 177 yards at Georgia … 17-28 for 187 yards vs. Arkansas, with one TD run and one TD pass … 24-47 for 272 yards at South Carolina with 3 interceptions … 23-30 (career-best 76.7 pct) for 238 yards at Ole Miss, with the game-winning 58-yard TD pass to Seth Williams with 1:14 remaining and a 4-yard TD run … 18-24 for 300 yards and 3 TD passes against LSU, and was Auburn’s top rusher with 81 yards, 1 TD … 91-yard TD pass to Anthony Schwartz vs. LSU was third-longest in AU history … 17-26 for 220 yards against Tennessee with a 54-yard TD pass to Schwartz … 23-38 for 227 yards with 2 int at Alabama; also had a 1-yd TD run … 2 rush TD with 15-23 passing for 144 yards vs. Texas A&M … 15-32 for 125 yards with a pass TD and rush TD at Mississippi State … 25-42 for 292 yards with a 57-yard TD pass to Elijah Canion in Citrus Bowl … Paul Hornung Award honor roll (Kentucky) … Manning Award star of week (Ole Miss) … SEC academic honor roll ... Preseason: Davey O’Brien Award, Maxwell Award, Manning Award, CFPA watch lists; 3rd team all-SEC (Athlon, Pick Six)
2019: SEC Freshman of the Year … 217-377 passing for season for 2,542 yards and 16 scores (all Auburn freshman records); also rushed for 313 yards and seven TD … named the starting quarterback August 20 … first true freshman QB to start a season opener for Auburn since 1946 … 13-31 for 177 yards with two INT in first start vs. Oregon; TD passes to Eli Stove (11 yds) and Seth Williams (the 26-yd gamewinner with 0:09 remaining) … 19-37 for 207 yards with a 31-yard TD pass to Will Hastings in the win over Tulane … 1-yard TD rush and 49-yard TD pass to Eli Stove vs. Kent State … 12-20 for 100 yards with a 9-yd TD pass to Seth Williams at Texas A&M … 16-21 for 335 yards passing with TDs of 39 and 32 yards to Seth Williams vs. Mississippi State; also had a 9-yard TD run and was Auburn’s top rusher with 56 yards … 11-27 passing for 145 yards with 1 TD, 3 int at Florida … 12-17 passing at Arkansas for 176 yards, 3 TD; also had a 4-yard rushing TD … 15-35 passing at LSU for 157 yards (1 TD, 1 int); scored on a 1-yard TD run … 30-44 passing vs. Ole Miss for 340 yards (second-most passing yards ever by an Auburn freshman); also had a 1-yard TD run … 30-50 passing for 245 yards vs Georgia with a 3-yard TD to Eli Stove and a 2-yard TD run; 50 pass attempts tie for 5th most ever in a game by an Auburn QB and 30 completions tie for fourth in Auburn history … 15-23 passing for 150 yards vs. Samford with a 10-yard TD pass to Harold Joiner … 15-30 passing for 173 yards vs. Alabama with a 14-yard TD pass to Sal Cannella … 17-26 for 176 yards vs. Minnesota with a 37-yard TD pass to Sal Cannella … SEC freshman of week (Oregon, Miss St) … Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 (Miss St) … Manning Award star of week (Miss St) … AD Honor Roll and SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... Preseason: FWAA Freshman All-America watch list
High School: Decorated quarterback who enrolled at Auburn in January … set Alabama state records with more than 12,000 career total offense yards and 161 career TD accounted for (127 pass, 34 rush) … led Pinson Valley High to consecutive Class 6A state titles … father Patrick Nix was his coach … Alabama Gatorade player of the year … USA Today all-USA offensive player of year finalist, Alabama offensive player of the year and All-America first team … Under Armour All-America Game … Alabama Mr. Football … Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Class 6A ASWA all-state and Back of the Year … AL.com A-List … Rivals, 24/7 and PrepStar rate him the nation’s top quarterback prospect … Rivals, PrepStar five-star recruit … listed among top four overall recruits in state of Alabama by Rivals, 24/7, ESPN … Max Preps All-America … National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes … also played baseball and basketball
Personal: Birthday is February 25 … son of Patrick and Krista Nix … father is a former Auburn quarterback (1992-95) … has two sisters, Emma Grace and Sara, and a brother, Caleb … studying in the College of Liberal Arts