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Player Dossier
2018-2020Iowa
Daviyon Nixon
DT • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Kenosha, WI, USA
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Daviyon Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Daviyon Nixon built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Kenosha, WI wearing No. 54, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Daviyon Nixon's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 158
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
Daviyon Nixon, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Iowa. Daviyon Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Daviyon Nixon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DT
- Career Tackles
- 74
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Indian Trail Academy · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Indian Trail Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 5 · Pick 14 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 54 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 45 tackles · DT 3rd (top 2%) · Big Ten 31st (top 6%) · National 362nd (top 7%)
Daviyon Nixon played DT for Iowa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daviyon Nixon recorded 74 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Iowa.
Recognition
Honors
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesfirst
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediafirst
- 20202020 Consensus All-America · ncaa_consensusconsensus · unanimous
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