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2024 Football Roster

Daniel Miller/University of Toledo

8 Lance Dixon

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 233
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oak Park, Mich.
  • High School West Bloomfield
  • Prev School Penn State/ West Virginia

Biography

2024
Ninth on team with 46 tackles...6.0 tackles for loss...Four pass breakups and two forced fumbles...Season-high nine tackles at Western Kentucky...Starter in two games.

2021-23 (at West Virginia)
Played in 19 games over three seasons...72 tackles and 2.5 TFL...Career-high 11 tackles vs Minnesota in the 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl.

2019-20 (at Penn State)
Played in three games in 2019, making two tackles vs. Idaho and retained freshman eligibility...Played in nine games in 2020, making 10 tackles, 2.5 TFL and forced a fumble...Five tackles and a forced fumble vs. Ohio State.

High School
Five-star prospect by 247Sports...Rated No. 13 overall, No. 1 outside linebacker and the No. 2 prospect in Michigan by 247Sports...All-USA Michigan Defensive Player of the Year by USA Today as a senior... Selected to the All-American Bowl...217 tackles, 11 TFL, 10 sacks, 11 QBHs and one forced fumble in his career...Team captain as a senior...High school coach was Ron Bellamy...Ran track and field junior and senior year.

Personal
Son of Rosalyn and Labaron Dixon...Has one brother...Father played football at Eastern Michigan and Central State...Majoring in integrated studies.

Career Game Highs
Tackles: 11 (vs Minnesota, 12-28-2021)

Statistics

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