D'Cota Dixon: S · Wisconsin · #14.
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D'Cota Dixon
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Wisconsin. All-Big Ten in 2018 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against New Mexico — Week 2, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-3vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs New Mexico | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 21-24vs BYU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-17@ Iowa | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24vs Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-22@ No. 21 Penn State | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 47-44@ Purdue | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-37vs Minnesota | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 28 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL43 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 32-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
34.4%
299 pass / 570 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wisconsin, 158 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
