In the first quarter of Sunday’s NFL Wild Card game, Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix found former Oregon teammate and fellow rookie Troy Franklin for a 43-yard touchdown in the first quarter. The long toss gave No. 7 seed Denver a 7-0 lead on the road at the No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills.

According to beat reporter Zac Stevens, Nix suffered three fractures in his lower back towards the end of the regular season, but he kept on playing through the pain and discomfort. His injuries, which were more specifically process fractures of three vertebrae, occurred during the game against the Las Vegas Raiders way back on Nov. 24.