Biography
2021 (Senior)
Started all 11 games at defensive end … Earned first-team All-MEAC honors … Led the MEAC in sacks (9.0) and was second in tackles for loss (12.5) … Amassed 54 total tackles, four pass breakups, four quarterback hurries and one forced fumble … Posted two sacks and four solo tackles at Howard … Had 1.5 sacks against Elizabeth City State and Delaware State … Had one quarterback sack in games with St. Francis, Hampton, Virginia Lynchburg and N.C. Central … Broke up two passes at Hampton … Notched a career-high nine tackles in his last game at NSU, against S.C. State … Made eight stops, including a career-high 3.5 for loss and a forced fumble, at DSU … Also was in on eight tackles with two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup against Morgan State … Participated in both the East-West Shrine Game and HBCU Legacy Bowl following the season … Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars in the spring of 2022 … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
2020 (COVID)
NSU did not play due to COVID-19.
2019 (Junior)
An All-MEAC third-team selection in his first season as a full-time starter … Started nine times and played in all 12 games at one defensive end position … Led all Spartan defensive linemen with 61 total tackles … Also posted seven tackles for loss, including 4.5 sacks (14th in MEAC), and a team-leading seven quarterback hurries … Broke up three passes … Recovered one fumble, which he returned five yards for a touchdown in the win at North Carolina Central … Logged a career-high seven tackles against two FBS teams, at Old Dominion and Coastal Carolina … Also had two QB hurries at Coastal Carolina … Had five tackles in five other games, against FAMU, Bethune-Cookman, Morgan State, N.C. Central and Delaware State … Had six tackles for loss and four sacks in the final three games of the year … Started that run with three TFLs and two sacks at N.C. Central … Also notched a pass breakup, his fumble recovery for TD, and three pass breakups in that game … Also posted two sacks among his four total tackles in the finale against South Carolina State … NSU AD Honor Roll member for both semesters.
2018 (Sophomore)
Played in all 11 games … Started four times, all coming in a row, against S.C. State, Delaware State, Florida A&M and N.C. Central … Totaled 31 tackles, one for loss, with one pass deflection and three quarterback hurries on the year … Was in on a season-high five tackles, one for loss, and broke up a pass in his first career start at SCSU … Made four tackles against DSU … Had half a tackle for loss at FAMU and one tackle for loss against both N.C. Central and Savannah State … Tallied four tackles and matched his season high with five more (including half a TFL) at Liberty to close the season … Selected the team’s Defensive MVP of spring practice in April 2019.
2017 (Freshman)
Saw action in eight games – the last eight of the season … Used primarily in pass-rushing situations, Dixon registered eight tackles, one sack, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery … Posted three tackles and a sack in his first career game at Delaware State … Made two tackles, recovered a fumble and deflected a pass in the win over Florida A&M … Also notched a pass breakup at N.C. Central.
High School
Played four years of football and four of basketball at Western Branch … Was a first-team All-Tidewater defensive end as a senior … Also a first-team All-Monitor-Merrimac Conference and second-team All-6A South Region and all-state selection as a senior … Finished his senior year with 52 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, nine sacks and 23 quarterback hurries … Tallied 13 tackles for loss as a junior, earning first-team all-conference and All-757 Junior Team honors.
Personal
De’Shaan Duane Dixon was born on Dec. 16, 1998 … Son of Marie Lofton … Majoring in sociology.
Dixon's Career Highs
Tackles: 9 (vs. S.C. State, 11-20-21)
Sacks: 2.0 (3x, last at Howard, 10-23-21)
TFL: 3.5 (at Delaware State, 11-13-21)
PBU: 2 (at Hampton, 10-2-21)
FR: 1 (at N.C. Central, 11-9-19)
FF: 1 (at Delaware State, 11-13-21)
