The Oregon Ducks wrapped up their 2023 college football season with a dominant 45-6 win over the Liberty Flames in Fiesta Bowl on Monday night. The star of the night was Oregon’s quarterback, Bo Nix, who finished the game with 363 passing yards and five touchdowns.
Nix completed 28 of 35 passes in the Fiesta Bowl, bringing his 2023 pass completion percentage to 77.45%. By doing so, he set the new NCAA record for single-season completion percentage. The previous record was held by Mac Jones, who completed 77.36% of his passes in the 2020 season with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Nix finished the 2023 campaign with 364 completed passes out of 470 attempts while throwing for 4,504 yards, 45 touchdowns, and only three interceptions. This was his second year with the Ducks, having transferred to Oregon from Auburn ahead of the 2022 season.
Thanks to a prolific season, which also saw him finish third in Heisman Trophy voting, Nix is expected to be drafted in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. He is currently projected to be the No. 5 quarterback in the class behind USC’s Caleb Williams, North Carolina’s Drake Maye, LSU’s Jayden Daniels, and Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy.
