Broncos quarterback Bo Nix is back practicing on his surgically repaired right ankle, which he fractured at the end of the divisional-round win over the Bills. The third-year player said the injury will not change the way he plays.

“Absolutely not,” Nix said, via Jeff Legwold of ESPN. “I’m going to roll [out]. I’m going to be as athletic as I can be. . . . It’s a strength of ours and so we’ve got to use our strengths. For me that’s when I feel at my best. That’s when I feel free. When I’m playing like that, when I’m moving around, it’s a good thing.”

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Nix’s 356 rushing yards last season were third on the team, and his five rushing touchdowns were second. He was sacked only 22 times despite 612 pass attempts. Coach Sean Payton has called Nix’s mobility as “one of his superpowers.”

“It’s hard to sack some quarterbacks, and he’s one of them,” Payton said after Saturday’s practice. “That was something we saw on college tape and in our league, when you take a sack, just do the analytics on it, getting points on that drive or likelihood to kick a field goal, it all drops dramatically.”

Nix underwent two surgeries on his ankle, with the second a follow-up in April to treat bone spurs. He missed most of the team’s offseason program but has no limitations in training camp.

“I feel great, feel normal. Nothing’s holding me back out there,” Nix said. “Playing like I normally do, and I feel really good and continue to push and progress and also continue to get ready for this long season.”