Cornerback, Penn State, 2025–⁠26

Daryus Dixson

Number
No. 5
Height
6′0″
Weight
184 lb
Class (2026)
Sophomore
Hometown
Perris, CA

Daryus Dixson plays cornerback for Penn State. Last time out, at Michigan: 1 tackles.

2026 so far

14 tackles, 1 INT

Last game: 1 tackles at Michigan, L 18–⁠21

Next game: vs. Purdue, Oct 31

Game by game this season, tackles
  1. 3MRSH
  2. 2BUF
  3. 5@NU
  4. 3USC
  5. 1@MICH

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

8tackles, career highvs. Nebraska, 2025

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2025Penn State241421060
2026Penn State14100.50120
Career38242.51180

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Penn State5CBFr.
2026Penn State5CBSo.6′0″184

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

2026 Penn State 6 games, 14 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 5vs.MarshallW 45–⁠0330000
Sep 19vs.BuffaloW 55–⁠13220000
Sep 26vs.WisconsinL 20–⁠24––––1–
Oct 2atNorthwesternL 13–⁠34510.5000
Oct 10vs.USCL 23–⁠31330001
Oct 17atMichiganL 18–⁠21110001
2025 Penn State 8 games, 24 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.NevadaW 46–⁠11220000
Sep 13vs.VillanovaW 52–⁠6310.5000
Oct 11vs.NorthwesternL 21–⁠22110000
Nov 8vs.IndianaL 24–⁠27221100
Nov 15atMichigan StateW 28–⁠10520.5001
Nov 22vs.NebraskaW 37–⁠10850000
Nov 29atRutgersW 40–⁠36100002
Dec 27 ✦vs.ClemsonW 22–⁠10210003

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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