Lance Dixon: LB · Toledo · #28.
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Lance Dixon
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches at three programs in six seasons: James Franklin, Neal Brown and Jason Candle. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 sack against Mississippi State — Week 3, 2024.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Toledo | 46 | 25 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 14 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 22 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 36 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Penn State | 9 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 130 | 78 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-10vs Duquesne | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-23vs Massachusetts | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-17@ Mississippi State | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 21-26@ Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-20vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 13-6@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-41vs Bowling Green | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 10 | W 29-28@ Eastern Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-10vs Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-24vs Ohio | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-21@ Akron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 48-46vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 25 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
9%4 pass breakups46 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
51.2%
452 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
462 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #237 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Penn State, West Virginia and Toledo, 130 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: James Franklin, Neal Brown and Jason Candle.
