Safety, Wisconsin, 2014–18
D’Cota Dixon
- Number
- No. 14
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Oak Hill, FL
- Born
- 1996, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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D’Cota Dixon played safety at Wisconsin (2014–18).
Career highs
12tackles, career highvs. Northwestern, 2017Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Wisconsin | 14 | S | RS | ||
| 2015 | Wisconsin | 14 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Wisconsin | 14 | S | So. | ||
| 2017 | Wisconsin | 14 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Wisconsin | 14 | S | Sr. | 5′10″ | 200 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 Wisconsin 9 games, 43 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 34–3 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. New Mexico | W 45–14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. BYU | L 21–24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | at Iowa | W 28–17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Nebraska | W 41–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Rutgers | W 31–17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | at Penn State | L 10–22 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | at Purdue | W 47–44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Minnesota | L 15–37 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Wisconsin 12 games, 55 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Utah State | W 59–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 31–14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | atBYU | W 40–6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Northwestern | W 33–24 | 12 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | atNebraska | W 38–17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Purdue | W 17–9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Maryland | W 38–13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Indiana | W 45–17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Michigan | W 24–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | atMinnesota | W 31–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Ohio State | L 21–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | at Miami | W 34–24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Wisconsin 14 games, 60 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. LSU | W 16–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Akron | W 54–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Georgia State | W 23–17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Michigan State | W 30–6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atMichigan | L 7–14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Ohio State | L 23–30 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atIowa | W 17–9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Nebraska | W 23–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | atNorthwestern | W 21–7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Illinois | W 48–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atPurdue | W 49–20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Minnesota | W 31–17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Penn State | L 31–38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Western Michigan | W 24–16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅝″ | |
| Weight | 204 lb | |
| Arm length | 29¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.81 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.66 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.93 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.05 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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