Johnny Dixon

Senior cornerback for Penn State. 2023: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

CB · Penn State · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 191 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 79 · #41 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferencePenn State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 423 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Penn State. 2023: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Penn State, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20193 games

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Chamberlain

202310 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#423 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #41 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (82nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#163 / 2842 · 94th pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#459 / 2842 · 82nd pct

5.5

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#1051 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1524 / 2842 · 45th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.4
Road5g	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.9	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #41 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #41 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Penn State	26	20	5.5	4.5	3	1	--
2022	Penn State	20	15	4.5	3.0	7	2	--
2021	Penn State	10	8	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
2020	South Carolina	34	28	0.0	0.0	5	--	--
2019	South Carolina	3	2	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		93	73	11.5	7.5	17	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023

W 51–15

at Maryland

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 36-point win on the road against Maryland.

With D. Allar — 240 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 39 rush yds (4 car) · N. Singleton — 20 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-15vs West Virginia	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 30-13@ Illinois	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 31-0vs Iowa	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-13@ Northwestern	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 12-20@ Ohio State	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9	W 33-24vs Indiana	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 51-15@ Maryland	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 15-24vs Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 27-6vs Rutgers	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-0@ Michigan State	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		26	20	5.5	4.5	1	3

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