Ron Dixon (American football)
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Wildwood, Florida, U.S. | May 28, 1976||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Wildwood (FL) | ||||||
College: | Lambuth (1994–1999) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2000 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
Ronald Dixon (born May 28, 1976) is an American former professional
Divisional playoffs
that year. As a result, he holds the record for the most kickoff returns for a touchdown in a postseason campaign (2).
Dixon's career was once promising but was prematurely ended by a PCL injury in his left knee.
Ron had try outs with the Miami Dolphins and the New Orleans Saints in the spring of 2005, but his knee injury was not healed enough for him to be effective, so he officially retired from the NFL as a vested veteran in 2005.
Dixon has now moved to
Professional Employer Organization (PEO) brokerage. He is now in the process of developing a health/disability insurance
program for athletes to insure against career ending injuries.
Ron Dixon was once an intern on the Shannon Burke Show which aired on Real Radio in Orlando Florida. He also coached at Olympia High School. Dixon is an alumnus of
Wildwood High School
.
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
2000 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 34 | 1 |
2001 | NYG | 15 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 227 | 28.4 | 62 | 1 |
2002 | NYG | 10 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 377 | 17.1 | 33 | 2 |
37 | 3 | 81 | 36 | 696 | 19.3 | 62 | 4 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
2000 | NYG | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 43 | 0 |
2002 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 19 | 0 |
4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 130 | 16.3 | 43 | 0 |
References
- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
External links
- "Tenncom Group". tenncomgroup.com.