Defensive tackle, Iowa, 2018–20
Daviyon Nixon
Lettered 2019–20 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 54
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 305 lb
- Class (2020)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Kenosha, WI
- Born
- Dec 13, 1998, in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Daviyon Nixon played defensive tackle at Iowa (2018–20). He was a consensus All‑American in 2020. The Carolina Panthers took Nixon in round 5, No. 158 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11tackles, career highvs. Northwestern, 20202sacks, career highat Northwestern, 2019Honors
- 2020Consensus All‑American
- 2020Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year
- 2020Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
- 2020First-team All-Big Ten
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
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
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
2020 Iowa 8 games, 45 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | at Purdue | L 20–24 | 7 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs. Northwestern | L 20–21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Michigan State | W 49–7 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at Minnesota | W 35–7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Penn State | W 41–21 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Nebraska | W 26–20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | at Illinois | W 35–21 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12 | vs. Wisconsin | W 28–7 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Iowa 13 games, 29 tackles, 3 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 38–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Rutgers | W 30–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Iowa State | W 18–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 48–3 | 7 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Michigan | L 3–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Penn State | L 12–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs.Purdue | W 26–20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | atNorthwestern | W 20–0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | atWisconsin | L 22–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Minnesota | W 23–19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs.Illinois | W 19–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | atNebraska | W 27–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. USC | W 49–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2021 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅛″ |
| Weight | 313 lb |
| Arm length | 35⅛″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.86 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.70 s |
| Vertical jump | 28½″ |
| Broad jump | 8′10″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.56 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.71 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 11 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Carolina Panthers | 6 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | Carolina Panthers | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 11 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UFL | Arlington Renegades |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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