<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4QfCjP_1FS8nrak00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4QfCjP_1FS8nrak00" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>Senior safety Caleb Nix runs back a 75-yard punt return against Georgia Southern.&nbsp; By Maddie McClure/ The Chanticleer</figcaption></figure>When Caleb Nix took the game-winning touchdown the distance from 75 yards out, many Jax State defensive players didn’t even know the fifth-year safety was in the end zone. “I’m not gonna lie, I just found out he returned a punt for a touchdown,” Osteen said at the post-game press conference. “I was under the tent looking at the film.”“I wasn’t gonna snitch on him and say he didn’t know,” quarterback Caden Creel said. “I kind of thought I was gonna get killed,” Nix said. “I knew when I went back there I was gonna catch the ball no matter what.” Nix said the return was the first punt return touchdown of his life. “Both of my bigger returns last year, I learned it's hard to gauge when the punter is coming right at you,” Nix said. “I let instincts take over and caught it, and there was nobody there.” What Osteen and other defensive players missed was a showcase of Nix’s versatility, as he has been a vital part of multiple sides of the ball to begin the 2026 season. Nix is the brother of current Denver Broncos starting quarterback Bo Nix, and the son of former Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix. “Truth be known, the guys would tell you, if you ask him to, he could be a backup quarterback,” Kelly said. Kelly also said Nix threw for over 3,000 yards in high school. Nix attended Central High School in Phenix City before heading to Clemson for the beginning of his college career. Nix transferred to Jax State in 2025, where he earned First Team All-Conference USA honors in his first year as a Gamecock. Kelly gloated about Nix’s intelligence, leadership, and overall character when asked about him at his weekly press conference. “I wouldn’t trade Caleb for anybody else,” Kelly said. “He’s our starting safety, he’s on the punt team, he’s been on the kickoff team, he holds on field goals and he returns punts.” Creel said he draws similarities between Nix and himself, and wishes he could have him on offense. “I feel like I see a lot of myself in him,” Creel said. “Players like him play with their eyes.” As Jax State gears up for CUSA play starting this week, look for Nix to be a spark plug for the Gamecocks and cover multiple sides of the ball as he plays in his swan song at Jax State.</div></body>

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When Caleb Nix took the game-winning touchdown the distance from 75 yards out, many Jax State defensive players didn’t even know the fifth-year safety was in the end zone. “I’m not gonna lie, I just found out he returned a punt for a touchdown,” Osteen said at the post-game press conference. “I was under the tent looking at the film.”

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When Caleb Nix took the game-winning touchdown the distance from 75 yards out, many Jax State defensive players didn’t even know the fifth-year safety was 

Nix’s versatility runs deeper than punt returns

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