2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 5
Lance Dixon
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Oak Park, Mich.
- High School:
- West Bloomfield
- Prev School:
- Penn State
2022 (r-So.)
- Played in nine games and started five at linebacker
- Finished with 22 tackles, including 12 solo stops
- Assisted on a tackle for loss and had a pass breakup
- Had two assisted tackles against Kansas State, including assisting on a tackle for loss
- Registered four tackles against Baylor, including three solo stops
- Season-high seven tackles against Kansas
- Had five tackles at Pitt
2021 (r-Fr.)
- Played in 10 games and started four
- Missed final three games of the regular season due to injury
- Saw action on 399 snaps, including 328 defensive snaps
- Tallied a season-best 11 tackles against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, marking his first 10-plus-tackle performance of his Mountaineer career
- Added three solo tackles against Oklahoma State
- Finished with four tackles against Iowa State
- Had three tackles at Baylor and TCU
- Made six tackles at Oklahoma
- Had three tackles against Virginia Tech, including an assist on a tackle for loss
- Earned his first start as a Mountaineer against LIU,finishing with a pair of tackles
- Made his WVU debut at Maryland
- Transferred from Penn State in summer 2021
2020 (COVID) – Penn State
- Made nine appearances, including one start
- Finished with 10 tackles, including seven solo stops, 2.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble for the season
- Finished with one solo tackle against Rutgers
- Had a tackle for loss at Michigan, his third consecutive game with a TFL
- Registered a tackle for loss in the second quarter against Iowa
- Assisted on two tackles, including a tackle for loss at Nebraska
- Recorded a career-best five tackles, including four unassisted tackles, and forced a fumble against Ohio State
2019 (Fr.) – Penn State
- Redshirted
- Played in three games
- Assisted on two tackles against Idaho
High School
- Three-time letterman for coach Ron Bellamy at West Bloomfield High
- Selected to the All-American Bowl, becoming the first player in school history to earn the honor
- Participated in Nike’s The Opening
- All-USA Michigan Defensive Player of the Year as selected by USA Today as a senior
- All-USA Michigan Football Team first team by USA Today in 2018
- Associated Press All-State first team as a senior and honorable mention as a junior
- Detroit Free Press All-State Division 1 first-team accolades as a junior
- Detroit News All-North Football first team as a senior
- 2017 and 2018 MLive Detroit Football Dream Team
- Team captain and team MVP as a senior
- Helped the Gators to the Region 3 District 1 Championship as a senior
- Registered 95 tackles with 11 tackles for loss, five sacks, 11 quarterback hurries, five passes defended and one forced fumble as a senior
- Offensively, scored nine touchdowns, including the game-winning score in the district championship game, in 2018
- Registered 122 tackles and five sacks as a junior
- Rated a five-star prospect by 247Sports, a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals
- Rated as the No. 13 overall, No. 1 outside linebacker and the No. 2 prospect in Michigan by 247Sports
- Ranked as the No. 26 safety, No. 27 player in the region and No. 8 prospect in Michigan by ESPN
- Ranked No. 22 outside linebacker and No. 11 prospect in Michigan by Rivals
- Lettered in track & field twice
- Team MVP in track & field
Personal
- Son of Labaron and Rosalyn Dixon
- One of two children (1 brother)
- Father played football at Eastern Michigan and Central State
- Majoring in integrated studies
Reid Carrico | Oct. 25
Saturday, October 25
Jeff Weimer | Oct. 25
Saturday, October 25
Rich Rodriguez | Oct. 25
Saturday, October 25
Weimer Cuts the Deficit to Six with a Late TD
Saturday, October 25
