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Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix made a surprising revelation on Monday: he played through three fractured transverse processes in his back during part of the 2024 season.

The Denver quarterback sustained three transverse process fractures in his back during Denver’s Nov. 24 win at Las Vegas, he said Monday after the Broncos’ season ended.

A transverse process fracture relates to the bone wings on the side of the vertebrae. Nix said there were three lumbars involved in his lower back.

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