University of Connecticut Athletics
2018 Football Roster
Keyion Dixon
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Glastonbury, Conn.
- High School:
- Glastonbury
2018: Played in 11 games and started seven… Wide receiver and primary kick returner for the Huskies… Had eight games with at least one reception… Posted a career-high 151 return yards vs. UCF (8/30)… Recorded a pair of catches for 37 yards vs. URI (9/15) while compiling 110 kick return yards… Hauled in a 14-yard touchdown catch at Memphis (10/6)… Season-high 39 yards receiving at Tulsa (11/3)… Season-high three receptions vs. Temple (11/24) and scored a touchdown.
2017: Played in all 12 games, started five…Third on the team with 33 receptions…Collected 360 receiving yards and one touchdown…Rushed for 41 yards on nine carries…Hauled in five catches in first career-game vs. Holy Cross (Aug. 31)…Scored first career touchdown at SMU (Sept. 30)…Racked up a career-high eight receptions at Cincinnati (Nov. 25).
2016: Redshirted
High School: Named to the 2015 Connecticut High School Coaches' Association all-state team, the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-Connecticut Team, the USA Today All-Connecticut team and the New Haven Register All-State team...named All-Central Connecticut Conference as a senior...played quarterback and defensive back as a junior, but saw some time as a wide receiver as a senior...rushed for 1,514 yards as a senior with 21 touchdowns...also passed for five TDs...had 38 tackles and four interceptions on the other side of the ball...team advanced to Class LL semifinals in senior year...had an 85-yard punt return for a TD in the state semis...in junior season, team advanced to Class LL semifinals and had an 8-4 record...had a 22-yard TD run in the semifinals with a total of 87 rushing yards...played in the Connecticut Super 100 Classic at Rentschler Field on June 25 and was the offensive MVP for the winning Team Constitution...had two receptions for 105 yards in the game, including a 65-yard one for a TD..an outstanding track athlete, was the New England champion in the 300-meter IM hurdles during his senior outdoor season...also won the same event at the Connecticut State High School Open and the Class LL Championship...also won 300-meter hurdles title at Class LL meet as a junior.
