UO release – FORT WORTH, Texas — Oregon’s Bo Nix is one of 35 quarterbacks named to the preseason watch list for the 2022 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, the Davey O’Brien Foundation announced on Tuesday morning. Nix is one of five Pac-12 quarterbacks on the preseason watch list for the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. The midseason watch list will be unveiled on Oct. 18, with the 46th annual Davey O’Brien Awards dinner honoring the winner set for Feb. 20, 2023, at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. In his first season with the Ducks after transferring from Auburn, Nix enters the fall in an open competition for the starting job with Ty Thompson and Jay Butterfield. Nix passed for 7,251 yards and 39 touchdowns in 34 career games for the Tigers while rushing 262 times for 869 yards and 18 more scores, and he was the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2019 after setting Auburn freshman records with 2,542 passing yards and 16 touchdowns. The Ducks will open the 2022 season on Sept. 3 against defending national champion Georgia in Atlanta. The season opener will mark the first game under new head coach Dan Lanning, who helped lead the Bulldogs to the national title last season as their defensive coordinator.
