Dwayne Dixon
| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Wide receivers coach |
| Team | Ohio |
| Conference | MAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 2, 1962 Gainesville, Florida |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1983 | Florida |
| 1984 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1987 | Washington Commandos |
| 1987 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1988–1991 | Detroit Drive |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–2004 | Florida (WR) |
| 2005–2006 | NC State (WR) |
| 2007–present | Ohio (WR) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Dwayne Keith Dixon (born August 2, 1962) is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, and the Washington Commandos and Detroit Drive of the Arena Football League. Dixon has been a college football coach since 1990.
Dixon was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1962. He attended Santa Fe High School in Alachua, Florida, where he was a standout prep football player for the Santa Fe Raiders high school football team.
Dixon accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in nearby Gainesville, where he was a wide receiver for coach Charley Pell's Florida Gators football team from 1980 to 1983. Dixon led the Gators with 589 receiving yards as junior in 1982, and again with 596 yards as a senior in 1983. As a senior, he was also a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, an Associated Press honorable mention All-American, and the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the senior who displayed "outstanding leadership, character and courage."
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