The thing is, as others pointed out, this is his fifth year of starting in college football. That is a long time. Studs go to the NFL after 3 years, prove it players 4, and then the Covid year has allowed some guys like Bo Nix to start four five seasons. It’s hard to replicate experience. He will have had 60 starts under his belt in college after his next game.

He, like Penix, like Minshew, like Eason, like Sanders… there seems to be a trend in college football over recent years where transferring out west has helped put up crazy numbers where transferring east seems to hurt stats or at least not blow them up.

As an example, CJ Stroud just turned 22 a month ago. He hit the NFL at 21 years old. Bo Nix will turn 24 in February. Imagine what CJ Stroud could do in college football if he played this season plus next year in college.

Nix should be mentally well above almost every single guy he’s on the field with and then physically he should be further along with a few more seasons under his belt than his competition.