In brutal Alabama summers, the Auburn Tigers split themselves up for sprints, each position running with their own. Linemen. Quarterbacks. Skill-position guys.
Except a young Bo Nix, at the time trying to find himself in SEC ball, defected. He’d jump in next to the wideouts. He wanted to push.
And the quarterback, as former Auburn receiver Kobe Hudson remembered, won almost every sprint.
“During the summertime, he always felt like, ‘Y’all gon’ be able to count on me during the season,'” Hudson said of Nix. “So, I just took that and just ran with it.