Senior defensive back on North Carolina's 2025 roster.
6′1″ · 185 lb · Los Angeles, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 31 nationally · Joined Washington
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on North Carolina's 2025 roster.
Thaddeus Dixon
Erases the deep middle of the field. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 5 tackles against NC State — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mack Brown, Freddie Kitchens, and Bill Belichick. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 20 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Washington | 43 | 26 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington | 24 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 87 | 59 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–6
vs Richmond
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-48vs TCU | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-3@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-6vs Richmond | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 9-34@ UCF | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-38vs Clemson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-32vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-42@ NC State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 20 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
North Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · North Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Carolina · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #28 · 2026 recruiting class #19
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brandon Crossley’s 2020 season.
Matches Brandon on
Differs from Brandon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Denzel Burke's junior season at Ohio State (2023).
Matches Denzel on
Player DNA