Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021USC
K.D. Nixon
WR • 5'8" • 190 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
K.D. Nixon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado • USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
K.D. Nixon built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Desoto, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Colorado and USC. The clearest part of K.D. Nixon's career was his receiving role: 107...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
K.D. Nixon, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Colorado. K.D. Nixon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,296
- Receptions
- 107
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
K.D. Nixon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,296
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Colorado
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · DeSoto · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- DeSoto · 90 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2021 Receiving yards rank
- 35 receiving yards · WR 817th (top 80%) · Pac-12 135th (top 76%) · National 1,420th (top 70%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 20.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 52 | 637 | 5 | 69.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 12 | 35 | 475 | 4 | 58.4 |
| 2020 Postseason | Colorado | 4 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 4 | 10 | 93 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 9 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 26.1 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
K.D. Nixon played WR for Colorado and USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, K.D. Nixon recorded 38 passing yards, 36 rushing yards, and 1,296 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Colorado paired 637 primary output with 69.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 75.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, USC.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · USC
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
3.9
Efficiency
75.5
Usage
3.6
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. San José State: 0. Stanford: 5. Washington State: 0. Oregon State: 14. Colorado: 0. Utah: 0. Arizona: 0. UCLA: 0. California: 16
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 1 by 33.3. Oregon State: 1 by 93.3. California: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 4 · -7 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 5 · +7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
100 vs California
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/5 | @ California | L 14-24 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 11/20 | vs UCLA | L 33-62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Arizona | W 41-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/10 | vs Utah | L 26-42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Colorado | W 37-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | vs Oregon State | L 27-45 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Washington State | W 45-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/12 | vs Stanford | L 28-42 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs San José State | W 30-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
K.D. Nixon story
K.D. Nixon built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Desoto, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Colorado and USC. The clearest part of K.D. Nixon's career was his receiving role: 107 catches, 1,296 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 36 rushing yards across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 38 passing yards, 36 rushing yards, and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives K.D. Nixon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Colorado
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
USC
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 17 | 56.7 | 4.3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 637 | 69.9 | 22.3 | 620 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 475 | 71.4 | 14.7 | -162 |
| 2020 Postseason | Colorado | 132 | 57.2 | 25.2 | -343 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 132 | 57.2 | 25.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 35 | 75.5 | 3.6 | -97 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oregon State
Week 9 · L 34-41 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
198
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
198 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Nebraska
Week 2 · W 34-31
148
Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
148 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Utah
Week 15 · L 21-38 · Conference game
52
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 4 · W 34-31 · Conference game
98
Receiving Yards
84.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Colorado State
Week 1 · W 45-13
112
Receiving Yards
82.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Colorado
637 primary output · 69.9 efficiency · 22.3 usage
69.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · Colorado
58.4
475 primary · 71.4 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Colorado
57.7
132 primary · 57.2 efficiency · 25.2 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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