NEW ORLEANS – Nicholls State University football wide receiver Dai'Jean Dixon has been selected as the Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month for October. Monthly award-winners are selected by the Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Dixon, a 6-4, 200-pound graduate of Edna Karr High School, had a spectacular October, collecting 34 passes for 474 yards (13.9 yards per catch) with five touchdowns. His high-water mark for the month came against Southland Conference rival Southeastern on Oct. 9, as he grabbed 11 passes for 171 yards and two scores despite facing double coverage.
He also had nine catches for 120 yards in a loss to nationally-ranked UIW.
For the season, the New Orleans native has 61 catches for 867 yards and eight touchdowns – all three of those stats rank in the top six in the nation for FCS. His career stats are 226 receptions for 3,667 yards and 35 scores, all Colonel records, and he is the all-time leading scorer in program history with 216 points.
