West Virginia University Athletics

2022 (r-So.)

• Played in nine games and started five at linebacker
• Finished with 22 tackles, including 12 solo stops
• Assisted on a tackle for loss and had a pass breakup
• Had two assisted tackles against Kansas State, including assisting on a tackle for loss
• Registered four tackles against Baylor, including three solo stops
• Season-high seven tackles against Kansas
• Had five tackles at Pitt

2021 (r-Fr.)

• Played in 10 games and started four
• Missed final three games of the regular season due to injury
• Saw action on 399 snaps, including 328 defensive snaps
• Tallied a season-best 11 tackles against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, marking his first 10-plus-tackle performance of his Mountaineer career
• Added three solo tackles against Oklahoma State
• Finished with four tackles against Iowa State
• Had three tackles at Baylor and TCU
• Made six tackles at Oklahoma
• Had three tackles against Virginia Tech, including an assist on a tackle for loss
• Earned his first start as a Mountaineer against LIU,finishing with a pair of tackles
• Made his WVU debut at Maryland
• Transferred from Penn State in summer 2021

2020 (COVID) – Penn State

• Made nine appearances, including one start
• Finished with 10 tackles, including seven solo stops, 2.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble for the season
• Finished with one solo tackle against Rutgers
• Had a tackle for loss at Michigan, his third consecutive game with a TFL
• Registered a tackle for loss in the second quarter against Iowa
• Assisted on two tackles, including a tackle for loss at Nebraska
• Recorded a career-best five tackles, including four unassisted tackles, and forced a fumble against Ohio State

2019 (Fr.) – Penn State

• Redshirted
• Played in three games
• Assisted on two tackles against Idaho

High School

• Three-time letterman for coach Ron Bellamy at West Bloomfield High
• Selected to the All-American Bowl, becoming the first player in school history to earn the honor
• Participated in Nike’s The Opening
• All-USA Michigan Defensive Player of the Year as selected by USA Today as a senior
• All-USA Michigan Football Team first team by USA Today in 2018
• Associated Press All-State first team as a senior and honorable mention as a junior
• Detroit Free Press All-State Division 1 first-team accolades as a junior
• Detroit News All-North Football first team as a senior
• 2017 and 2018 MLive Detroit Football Dream Team
• Team captain and team MVP as a senior
• Helped the Gators to the Region 3 District 1 Championship as a senior
• Registered 95 tackles with 11 tackles for loss, five sacks, 11 quarterback hurries, five passes defended and one forced fumble as a senior
• Offensively, scored nine touchdowns, including the game-winning score in the district championship game, in 2018
• Registered 122 tackles and five sacks as a junior
• Rated a five-star prospect by 247Sports, a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals
• Rated as the No. 13 overall, No. 1 outside linebacker and the No. 2 prospect in Michigan by 247Sports
• Ranked as the No. 26 safety, No. 27 player in the region and No. 8 prospect in Michigan by ESPN
• Ranked No. 22 outside linebacker and No. 11 prospect in Michigan by Rivals
• Lettered in track & field twice
• Team MVP in track & field

Personal

• Son of Labaron and Rosalyn Dixon
• One of two children (1 brother)
• Father played football at Eastern Michigan and Central State
• Majoring in integrated studies