Player Dossier

2023-2025

Illinois

Collin Dixon

WR • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Tallmadge, OH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Collin Dixon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Collin Dixon built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Tallmadge, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Collin Dixon's career was his receiving role: 53...

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Collin Dixon, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Collin Dixon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
812
Receptions
53
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Collin Dixon quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · WR
Career Receiving Yards
812
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Illinois
Top game
Indiana
High school pipeline
Tallmadge · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
548 receiving yards · WR 180th (top 17%) · Big Ten 27th (top 10%) · National 189th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois0-00-
2024 PostseasonIllinois11127052.3
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois1117237052.3
2025 PostseasonIllinois13210070.7
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois1333538570.7

Related Context

Collin Dixon played WR for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Collin Dixon recorded 5 rushing yards, 812 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Illinois paired 548 primary output with 75.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 75.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Illinois

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

42.2

Efficiency

75.7

Usage

14.1

Consistency

60.3

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 10. Western Illinois: 8. Duke: 36. Western Michigan: 21. Indiana: 86. USC: 90. Purdue: 70. Ohio State: 46. Washington: 29. Rutgers: 36. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 62. Northwestern: 53

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. Tennessee: 2 by 33.3. Western Illinois: 1 by 53.3. Duke: 3 by 80. Western Michigan: 2 by 70. Indiana: 4 by 100. USC: 4 by 100. Purdue: 4 by 100. Ohio State: 4 by 76.7. Washington: 3 by 64.4. Rutgers: 2 by 100. Maryland: 1 by 6.7. Wisconsin: 3 by 100. Northwestern: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins36.1 · Games = 9 · -19.6 vs Losses
Losses55.8 · Games = 4 · +19.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northwestern

Result
Tue 12/30vs TennesseeW 30-282105506
Sun 11/30vs NorthwesternW 20-1325326.526.50035
Sun 11/23@ WisconsinL 10-2736220.720.70036
Sat 11/15vs MarylandW 24-6111101
Sat 11/1vs RutgersW 35-1323612.718129
Sat 10/25@ WashingtonL 25-423299.79.70125
Sat 10/11vs Ohio StateL 16-3444611.511.50117
Sat 10/4@ PurdueW 43-2747014.617.50039
Sat 9/27vs USCW 34-3249022.522.50061
Sat 9/20@ IndianaL 10-6348621.521.50159
Sat 9/13vs Western MichiganW 38-022110.510.50015
Sat 9/6@ DukeW 45-193361212133
Fri 8/29vs Western IllinoisW 52-3188808

Player Story

Collin Dixon story

Collin Dixon built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Tallmadge, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Collin Dixon's career was his receiving role: 53 catches, 812 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 5 rushing yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 rushing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Collin Dixon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2024 PostseasonIllinois26467.510.3264
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois26467.510.30
2025 PostseasonIllinois54875.714.1284
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois54875.714.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 1 Indiana

Week 4 · L 10-63 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

86

Receiving Yards

93 takeover

86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 16 USC

Week 5 · W 34-32 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

90

Receiving Yards

87.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 90 Purdue

Week 6 · W 43-27 · Conference game

70

Receiving Yards

82.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Purdue

Week 7 · W 50-49 · Conference game

69

Receiving Yards

77.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

69 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 51 Northwestern

Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

73.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Illinois

548 primary output · 75.7 efficiency · 14.1 usage

70.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Illinois

70.7

548 primary · 75.7 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Illinois

52.3

264 primary · 67.5 efficiency · 10.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games