Dylan Dixson

Senior linebacker for Missouri State. 2025: 50 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Missouri State · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 180 lb · Houston, TX · Pearland High

CFB Index 56 · #242 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Missouri State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ETvs MarshallPlaster Sports ComplexMarshall by 3.5

How he plays

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.

Forced fumbles: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

3 PBU · 50 tackles · 4 TFL

Best game: 6 tackles, vs SMU

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Missouri State. 2025: 50 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado in 2022.
Transferred from Colorado to Missouri State in 2023.

His career, year by year

Dylan Dixson

LB · Missouri State · Sr · #9

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Kennesaw State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Colorado1-11HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Missouri State7-6HC: Nick Petrino · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #242 of 583?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (88th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#8 / 687 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#353 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#600 / 2975 · 79th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.5	0.0	0.2
Road6g	4.7	0.2	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.3	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Casey Woods

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #242 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #242 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #19 of 45 Conference USA LBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri State	50	35	4.0	1.0	3	1	1
2022	Colorado	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		53	36	4.0	1.0	3	1	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 42–10

vs UT Martin

3 TOT

Dominant 32-point win at home against UT Martin.

With J. Clark — 271 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.5 · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · S. McDonald — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-73@ USC	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-20@ Marshall	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-28vs SMU	6	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 42-10vs UT Martin	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 22-27vs Western Kentucky	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 22-20@ Middle Tennessee	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-17@ New Mexico State	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 28-21vs Florida International	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Liberty	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 38-24vs UTEP	3	3	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 34-41@ Kennesaw State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 14	L 30-42vs Louisiana Tech	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		50	35	4.0	1.0	1	3

How he plays

Play style

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

50Tackles

35Solo

4TFL

1Sacks

3Pass def.

1INT

50 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 71 sack
Week 91 INT
Week 101 PD
Week 111 PD
Week 131 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Missouri State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Missouri State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +8 net (19 in / 11 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Missouri State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #119 · 2026 recruiting class #131

DNA match

Player DNA

Coverage 'Backer

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dadrian Taylor’s 2022 season.

Dadrian Taylor

49%match

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA

Jack Fagot

Louisville · 2021

48%

Malkelm Morrison

Army · 2021

47%

Jaxson Campbell

Navy · 2024

47%

Matches Dadrian on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Dadrian on

PD rate (lower)

Height (higher)

Solo tackle rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Andrew Marshall's junior season at Nebraska (2025).

Andrew Marshall

85%match

Nebraska · 2025

Jamari Sharpe

Indiana · 2025

83%

Tayon Holloway

Louisville · 2025

83%

Audavion Collins

Penn State · 2025

78%

Brice Pollock

Texas Tech · 2025

All-Big 12

78%

Matches Andrew on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Dylan Dixson

Donte Thompson

UTEP · 2025

36%

Background

Honors MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2025 Missouri State 2025: Played all 13 games (682 snaps) with 7 starts his junior season ... Logged season-best 7 stops at Kennesaw State (11/22/25) with 4 solos and a pass breakup ... Registered 6 solo tackles in home opener vs. SMU (9/13/25) with...

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The secondary · Missouri State

#9Dylan DixsonS · Sr.50 tackles · 2025
#29Christian FordS · Jr.47 tackles · 2025
#2Antonio SmithS · Jr.12 tackles · 2025
#16J.J. O'NealS · Sr.12 tackles · 2025
#12Joel BoamahCB · Jr.8 tackles · 2025

16 more on the roster · Missouri State team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2022

2023

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Coverage 'Backer

Players who play like Dylan Dixson

Background

The secondary · Missouri State