Despite a promising start, including being named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) freshman of the year, his overall career was disappointing with respect to the high standards of the 2-time National Champion FSU program. Rix finished with a 25–11 record as a starting quarterback and was benched several times during his senior year. Rix lost to in-state rival the University of Miami all five times during his career. He is the first quarterback to lose to the same team five times.