Player Dossier

2025-2025

Penn State

Daryus Dixson

CB • 6'0" • 191 lbs • Perris, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daryus Dixson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Daryus Dixson built his college career in 2025 as a cornerback from Perris, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Daryus Dixson's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 2...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.9466

Mater Dei · Santa Ana, CA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Daryus Dixson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Penn State. Daryus Dixson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24
TFL
2
Sacks
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Daryus Dixson quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · CB
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Penn State
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
4-star · Mater Dei · Penn State
High school pipeline
Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
24 tackles · CB 155th (top 33%) · Big Ten 210th (top 27%) · National 1,762nd (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonPenn State82-0-3050.6
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State82221-3050.6

Related Context

Daryus Dixson played CB for Penn State. Across 1 tracked season, Daryus Dixson recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Penn State paired 9 primary output with 23.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 23.7 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 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Penn State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

23.7

Usage

3.7

Consistency

47.6

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 3. Nevada: 0. Villanova: 0.5. Northwestern: 0. Indiana: 2. Michigan State: 1.5. Nebraska: 0. Rutgers: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 2 by 38.3. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Villanova: 3 by 17.5. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 2 by 28.3. Michigan State: 5 by 35.8. Nebraska: 8 by 33.3. Rutgers: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

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Wins1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 12/27@ ClemsonSplash gameW 22-1021003
Sat 11/29@ RutgersSplash gameW 40-3610002
Sun 11/23vs NebraskaW 37-1085000
Sat 11/15@ Michigan StateW 28-10520.5001
Sat 11/8vs IndianaSplash gameL 24-2722110
Sat 10/11vs NorthwesternL 21-2211000
Sat 9/13vs VillanovaW 52-6310.5000
Sat 8/30vs NevadaW 46-1122000

Player Story

Daryus Dixson story

Daryus Dixson built his college career in 2025 as a cornerback from Perris, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Daryus Dixson's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 passes defended across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Penn State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Daryus Dixson's production has multiple signals. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State.

The arc is straightforward: Daryus Dixson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonPenn State923.73.7
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State923.73.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 1 Indiana

Week 11 · L 24-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 34 Clemson

Week 1 · W 22-10 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 82 Michigan State

Week 12 · W 28-10 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

46.7 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 72 Rutgers

Week 14 · W 40-36 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

32.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 46 Nebraska

Week 13 · W 37-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

28.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Penn State

9 primary output · 23.7 efficiency · 3.7 usage

50.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Penn State

50.6

9 primary · 23.7 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games