Chris Dixon exploded in 2025 and enters 2026 as a preseason All-American
In the 2025 season, South Dakota DL Chris Dixon emerged as a full-time starter and delivered a very productive interior season: 69 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 4 pass breakups, and 3 quarterback hurries across 15 games. He’s a big-bodied, 6-foot-2, 310-pound Canadian lineman whose calling card is disruption from the middle — not just plugging gaps, but collapsing plays and showing real range for a interior defender. The preseason All-America buzz says the industry sees him as a high-floor, high-impact fit for a defense that wants size, toughness, and sneaky pass-rush juice.
