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Player Dossier
2019-2023Penn State
Johnny Dixon
CB • 6'0" • 191 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Johnny Dixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
84
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Carolina • Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Player Story
Johnny Dixon built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Tampa, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Penn State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Johnny Dixon's career was his...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Johnny Dixon, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State. Johnny Dixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 93
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Johnny Dixon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chamberlain · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Chamberlain · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · CB 121st (top 30%) · Big Ten 162nd (top 27%) · National 1,570th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 10 | 34 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 20.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 12.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 11 | 20 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 26 | 5.5 | 4.5 | - | 3 | 0 | 53.9 |
Related Context
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Johnny Dixon played CB for South Carolina and Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Johnny Dixon recorded 93 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Penn State paired 17.5 primary output with 23.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 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 South Carolina, Penn State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
24.8
Usage
6.7
Consistency
54.8
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 2. Illinois: 1. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 0. Ohio State: 4. Indiana: 2. Maryland: 2. Michigan: 0. Rutgers: 2. Michigan State: 1
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. West Virginia: 3 by 32.5. Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 5 by 60.8. Indiana: 4 by 36.7. Maryland: 2 by 28.3. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 3 by 32.5. Michigan State: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Ohio State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Michigan State | W 42-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs RutgersSplash game | W 27-6 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Michigan | L 15-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ MarylandSplash game | W 51-15 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs IndianaSplash game | W 33-24 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | L 12-20 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Northwestern | W 41-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Iowa | W 31-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Illinois | W 30-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 38-15 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Johnny Dixon story
Johnny Dixon built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Tampa, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Penn State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Johnny Dixon's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Johnny Dixon'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
South Carolina
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Penn State
2021-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | 14.2 | 4.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5 | 19.2 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 2.5 | 9.5 | 1.6 | -2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 2.5 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 17.5 | 23.5 | 6.2 | 15 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 14 | 24.8 | 6.7 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio State
Week 8 · L 12-20 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 2 · W 46-10
2.5
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio State
Week 9 · L 31-44 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Indiana
Week 9 · W 33-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
17.5 primary output · 23.5 efficiency · 6.2 usage
59.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Penn State
53.9
14 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
32.7
2 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
12
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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