2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 17
Collin Dixon
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Major:
- Marketing
- Hometown:
- Tallmadge, Ohio
- High School:
- Tallmadge
2025 Sophomore
- CSC Academic All-District
- Started all 13 games
- 35 receptions for 548 receiving yards and five touchdowns on the season
- Tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns (5)
- 14th in the Big Ten in receiving touchdowns (5) during the regular season
2024 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in all 13 games with 10 starts at wide receiver
- 18 receptions for 264 receiving yards on the season
- 27-yard reception in Illinois' Cheez-It Citrus Bowl victory over #14 South Carolina (12/31/24)
- Season-high three receptions at #1 Oregon (10/26/24)
- Caught two passes for a career-high 69 yards in win vs. Purdue (10/12/24)
- Made first start and recorded first-career catch in win vs. #19 Kansas (9/7/24)
2023 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #41 (On3), #69 (Rivals), #115 (247), #182 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #15 (Rivals), #28 (247), #30 (On3), #42 (ESPN)
- Played for head coach Mike Hay at Tallmadge High School
- Three-year letterwinner
- Caught 201 passes for 3,561 yards and 43 touchdowns during his high school career
- Caught 88 catches for 1,493 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior
- Caught 69 passes for 1,461 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior
- Back-to-back 1,400-yard seasons as a junior and senior
- Three-time Suburban League first team
- Two-time All-Ohio first team
- 2022 Suburban League Offensive Player of the Year
- 2022 District Offensive Player of the Year
- Three-time Suburban League first team in track and field
- Two-time SL first team in basketball
- Honor roll and scholar athlete
- Offers included Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Purdue, and Wisconsin
Personal
- Born on November 22, 2004
- Son of Harlan Dixon and Jenny Thomas
- One brother, Cameron
- Chose Illinois because, “I loved everything about the school and I have a great relationship with the coaching staff.”
- Majoring in marketing
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