Corey Dixon Season 1993

Honors & Awards

• 1993 Honorable-Mention All-Big Eight SE and Return Specialist (AP, Coaches)
• 1993 Nebraska Orange Bowl MVP
• 1992 Honorable-Mention All-Big Eight Split End (Coaches)
• “Best of the Rest” Return Specialist (Athlon)

1993 (Senior)
Starting in every regular season game but one, Dixon followed his outstanding junior season with an impressive senior campaign. On six kickoff returns, Dixon averaged 19.5 yards per return amounting to 117 total return yards. On 24 punt returns, Dixon went 223 yards (9.3 yards per return). As a receiver, Dixon had 17 receptions for 320 all-purpose yards (18.8 yards per catch) as well as two touchdowns. Dixon’s best showing came against Texas Tech where he caught six passes for 116 yards, he didn’t score any touchdowns, but helped the Huskers dominate the Red Raiders 50-27. In the Federal Express Orange Bowl against Florida State, Dixon recorded 49 yards on two kickoff returns and 12 yards off of two punt returns. He also had 50 yards of receiving including a 26 yard reception from Frazier against the Seminoles.

1992 (Junior)
The second-fastest player on the Nebraska team behind fellow split end Tyrone Hughes (4.45-second 40-yard time), Dixon had an excellent junior season for the Huskers. At the beginning of the season, he alternated starts with Hughes and Trumane Bell. Dixon started against Middle Tennessee State, Oklahoma State, Kansas, and Oklahoma and in the Federal Express Orange Bowl against Florida State. He led the Huskers in receiving g yards with 279 on 13 catches for a 21.5 yards per catch average and a 12.5 yards per game average. He scored three touchdowns including a 42-yarder in his second start against Oklahoma State, a career-long and team season-long 48-yard score against Kansas and an 18-yard reception to open the scoring against Kansas State in the Coca-Cola game in Tokyo. He had a regular-season career-high five catches for 71 yards against Kansas State. He was second in both punt returns and kickoff returns to Hughes, returning five punts 75 yards (15.0 yards per return) and nine kickoff returns for 175 yards (19.4 yards per return). Both averages would rank in the Big Eight top five, but he did not have the required two returns per game. Dixon also had one rush for eight yards giving him 537 all-purpose yards for an average of 48.8 yards per game. He set career longs with a 50-yard kickoff return vs Arizona State, a 26-yard punt return vs. Middle Tennessee State, a 42-yard TD catch vs. Oklahoma State and a 48-yard reception vs. Colorado. He was named to the honorable-mention All-Big Eight squad by the conference coaches. In the Orange Bowl against Florida State, he was the Nebraska MVP as he caught five passes for 123 yards, including a 41-yard TD. He also returned one punt seven yards and rushed one time for a career-long 35 yards.

1991 (Sophomore)
A scholarship athlete, Dixon played in nine games and led Nebraska in punt-return yards with 101 on 15 returns to rank fifth in the Big Eight with a 6.73 yard average. In kickoff returns, he led the team with 25.3-yard average (152 yards on six returns), but his six returns weren’t enough to qualify him for conference rankings. As a receiver, he caught three passes for 25 yards. Dixon and fellow split end Tyrone Hughes later were part of NU’s 4 x 100-meter relay track team which was second in the Big Eight outdoor track championships in 39.82 seconds. In the same meet, Dixon was fourth in the 100 meters in 10.48.

1990 (Freshman)
Dixon enrolled full time, but did not compete.

Before Nebraska (Hillcrest HS)
A turf toe and a sprained ankle limited Dixon to only six games in his senior season as a running back for Coach Ronnie Marrs, but he still rushed for 700 yards, and was named to the “Top 100 Recruits” lists by both the Dallas Morning News and the Houston Post. One of the top sprinters in the state of Texas, he won the Class 4A state 100-meter title as a sophomore in 1988, then he finished second in both the 100 and 200 and ran a leg on Hillcrest’s runner-up 4x100 relay in 1989 to give the school all of its points in winning the state team title. He had a best time of 10.1 in the 100 and 20.7 in the 200. Dixon took first place with a vocal solo at the University Interscholastic League music contest.

Personal
The son of Vernon and Barbara Dixon, Corey was born Feb. 16, 1972 at Dallas. He has one brother (Vernon) and one sister (Valorie). He graduated in the spring of 1994 majoring in human development and the family with an emphasis in music. An accomplished musician, Dixon sang with a band, Royal, in his free time and performed at the Best of America “School is Cool” Jam Sessions.