Daviyon Nixon

Daviyon Nixon is an American college football defensive tackle for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Daviyon Nixon
Iowa Hawkeyes – No. 54
PositionDefensive tackle
Class
Redshirt
Junior
MajorCriminal Justice
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolIndian Trail
(Kenosha, Wisconsin)
Personal information
Born: (1998-12-13) December 13, 1998
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight305 lb (138 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early life and high school

Nixon grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin and attended Indian Trail High School and Academy, where he played basketball and football. He was named first team All-Southeast Conference and first team All-State as a senior. Nixon committed to play college football at Iowa over an offer from Purdue, but was not admitted after failing to qualify academically.[1]

College career

Nixon began his collegiate career at Iowa Western Community College. He finished his freshman season with five sacks and nine tackles for loss and was named second team All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.[2][3] After one season, he qualified academically to play Division I football and committed to Iowa.[4]

Nixon redshirted his first season at Iowa. As a redshirt sophomore, he played in all 13 of the Hawkeyes' games and finished the season with 29 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.[5] Nix was named first team All-Big Ten Conference as well as the conference Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year and as a redshirt junior and was a unanimous first team All-America selection.[6][7]

References
  1. Johnson, Mike (November 7, 2019). "Homecoming for Indian Trail grad Daviyon Nixon". Kenosha News.
  2. "Iowa DT Daviyon Nixon impresses in fall camp". USA Today. Associated Press. August 20, 2019.
  3. Dochterman, Scott (November 4, 2020). "Iowa DT Daviyon Nixon is emerging as a person, and surging as a playmaker". The Athletic.
  4. "Defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon back with Iowa football".
  5. "'School is everything': University of Iowa football player returns to his former middle school". Kenosha News. January 16, 2020.
  6. "Hawkeyes' Nixon named Big Ten's best". Quad City Times. December 16, 2020.
  7. "Iowa State's Breece Hall, Iowa's Daviyon Nixon are unanimous All-Americans". The Gazette. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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