How Bo Nix made himself an elite QB and Heisman contender

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EUGENE, OR. -- The temperature is slowly dropping below 50 degrees at Autzen Stadium on a Saturday night in November and a sleeveless Bo Nix is warming up his right arm by lacing 60-yard tosses from the Oregon end zone.

Nix isn't just playing catch; he's changing the types of throws every time. Throws off his back foot, throws while rolling to his right, throws while sliding to his left, throws while sauntering up in the pocket, throws while moving back -- Nix wants to have all of them dialed in before he takes on USC.

While the practice itself isn't novel, for Nix, it's emblematic of his evolution. The 23-year-old has had a college career that started in one…