Bo Nix keeps finding himself in the kind of spots quarterbacks are judged by most, and he keeps answering. After Denver’s 30-26 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, the Broncos quarterback now owns a piece of NFL history to go with his growing late-game reputation.
According to NFL on CBS, Nix has been part of 20 comeback wins through his first three NFL seasons, the most by a quarterback since 1970. That pushed him ahead of Russell Wilson, the former Seahawks and Broncos passer who had 19 comeback wins in his first three seasons. Andrew Luck and Dak Prescott are next with 18.
The latest entry came after Denver dug itself out of a 16-point halftime hole. The Broncos were blanked in the first half and went into the break down 16-0, then flipped the game with 30 points after halftime.
Nix helped get the rally rolling with third-quarter touchdown passes to Pat Bryant and Nate Adkins. Denver then grabbed its first lead when Talanoa Hufanga returned an interception 66 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
The Rams answered to move back ahead, but Nix got Denver moving again and finished the job himself, scoring on a 1-yard run with 47 seconds left.
He completed 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, and added the game-winning score on the ground.
This wasn’t even a one-off. Just a week earlier, Nix helped Denver erase a 13-3 second-half deficit in a 20-13 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Pro Football Reference credits him with 10 career fourth-quarter comebacks and 12 game-winning drives in the regular season, including two of each through Denver’s first three games this season. Since the start of the 2025 season, Nix also ranks first in the NFL in fourth-quarter comebacks, game-winning drives and total touchdowns when trailing by one score, according to the Broncos’ official website.
"It's just a good team win, a good team finish - and that just kind of feels like our DNA," Nix said after the victory.
The Broncos would rather not keep living on the edge, and coach Sean Payton made that clear after the comeback. But when the moment has demanded it, Nix has already shown he can deliver. Through just 37 regular-season starts, his comeback résumé is now unmatched over the first three seasons of any quarterback since 1970.
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