Auburn legacy to visit Clemson tomorrow

Fresh off winning quarterback MVP at The Opening Atlanta Regional at Buford High School on Sunday, elite Pinson (Ala.) Pinson Valley 2019 dual-threat quarterback Bo Nix will visit Clemson on Monday.

The Clemson Insider was on hand for the regional and spoke with Nix, the son of former Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix, after.

“It’s my spring break and so dad tried to hook it up,” Nix said. “We were just trying to visit them, and tomorrow’s a good day.”

Nix (6-2, 190) most recently visited Clemson for the Tigers’ game against Louisville in October.

“Coach (Dabo) Swinney and all the staff, I love their staff,” he said. “They have a really good staff. They’re fun at practice, and I just enjoy being down at Clemson.”

Clemson quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter and co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott also paid Nix a visit at his high school on Jan. 20, attending one of his basketball games a little more than a week after the Tigers won the national title.

“I love coach Streeter,” Nix said. “Coach Streeter’s a really good coach and he’s a really good person, and they have something really good going up there at Clemson.”

Nix has an impressive early offer list, which includes Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and Tennessee. Alabama and Georgia offered this month.

What would it mean to add an offer from Clemson?

“It would mean a lot obviously,” he said. “Defending national champions, you don’t get that every day, so that’d be really cool.”

“It’s a family surroundings, and the coaching staff is up-level,” he added. “Obviously they just had Deshaun Watson, so they have big players that come through there. There’s definitely opportunity at Clemson.”

Nix earned the QB MVP over guys such as 2018 Ohio State commitment Emory Jones.

Nix has a strong arm, is athletic and can throw on the move. He feels his versatile skillset can allow him to fit well into different types of offenses.

“I’m confident in everything I can do,” he said. “I think I can do everything about equal. Not really anything better than the other. I think I just can do a little bit of everything, which helps a lot because I can fit into multiple offenses.”

Nix’s father, Patrick, played quarterback at Auburn from 1992-95. There, he played under head coach Terry Bowden, offensive coordinator Tommy Bowden and quarterbacks coach Jimbo Fisher.

Patrick later went on to coach quarterbacks and running backs at Georgia Tech before serving as offensive coordinator at Miami in 2007. He accepted the head coaching position at Pinson Valley in January.

Many expect Bo to follow in his dad’s footsteps and attend Auburn. Bo said that while it is an option, it’s certainly no certainty.

“That’s definitely not necessarily the case,” Bo said. “It’s an option obviously, but I’m definitely going to make my own decision in whatever I do.”