2002 Football Roster
Roster
Daryl Dixon
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oak Hill
- High School:
- New Smyrna Beach
Signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts in 2004...
CAREER: Played in 49 games with 25 starts for 2,477 plays and also started the 2000 Citrus Bowl and played in the 2001 Sugar Bowl and 2002 Orange Bowl...218 career tackles (130 solo, 88 assisted) and 29 "Big Plays" (seven interceptions, three fumble recoveries, 15 pass deflections, one forced fumble and three TFL)...Named UF's Most Outstanding Defensive Back for 1999 season as a true freshman...Graduated in December 2003 with a BA in Sociology...Named the Male Oustanding Senior Leader among the Fall 2003 graduating class...
2003: Named Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches')...The starter at free safety who led the defense with 115 tackles...Also recorded two TFLs, three interceptions, seven pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble...Led the team in tackles in three games (FAMU, Tennessee, Kentucky), including a career-high 15 stops vs. Tennessee...Third on the team with seven pass breakups...Ranked third on the team with 967 plays...Finished third on defense with seven tackles vs. Arkansas and 11 vs. Georgia...Nabbed two interceptions vs Vanderbilt...Helped lead the defense to an impressive win at eventual national champion LSU with nine tackles, two pass deflections and a fumble recovery in LSU's final drive of the game...Ranked second on the defense vs. Ole Miss with nine tackles, including seven solo stops...Also broke up two passes in the game...Had 12 tackles in the win at Kentucky, including eight solo stops...Had a career night at No. 3 Miami, totaling a team-high seven tackles, a TFL, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, a pass deflection and an interception...Recovered a fumble by UM's Frank Gore for 33 yards as well as intercepting a pass by Miami's Brock Berlin...Was named a UF game captain for a team-high nine games (Miami, Tennessee, Kentucky, LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, FSU and Iowa)...
2002: Redshirted while recovering from offseason surgery...Also missed all of 2002 spring practice after undergoing shoulder surgery in January of that year...
2001: Top backup at free safety... Played a top role on special teams, participating on kick-off, kick-off return and punt return teams...Played in all 11 regular season games for 352 snaps and 2002 Orange Bowl...24 tackles on the season (17 solo), including eight special teams tackles, with three "Big Plays" (three passes deflected)...Eight special teams tackles ranked ninth on the team...Co-recipient of the defensive units most persistent award this spring...
2000: Played a top role at free safety...Played in all 12 regular season games with four starts (Ball State, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, Kentucky) and 410 snaps and also saw action in the Nokia Sugar Bowl...28 total tackles (17 solo, 11 assisted) with four "Big Plays" (3 pass deflections, interception vs. Vanderbilt)... 28 tackles ranked seventh amongst DBs...
1999: Emerged as the starter at free safety...Played in all 12 games with eight starts (Kentucky at strong safety and LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, FSU and the SEC Championship vs. Alabama at free safety) for 748 plays... Also started Citrus Bowl...One of two true freshmen who saw playing time in the secondary and also saw duty with special teams...The Sporting News Third-Team Freshman All-America choice... Named to the SEC Coaches and Knoxville News-Sentinel SEC All-Freshman Teams... Also named UF's Outstanding Defensive Back... 51 tackles (27 solo) on the season with seven "Big Plays" (three interceptions, one fumble recovery, one TTFL and two pass deflections) and three special teams tackles... Three interceptions ranked tied for second-best on squad...51 tackles was eighth on the team and fourth among DB unit... Against Kentucky, had nine tackles (seven solo) with one tackle for loss in his first career start at strong safety...Two tackles (one solo), two interceptions (first in his career) and one pass deflection in start at free safety versus LSU...Five tackles (two solo) and a fumble recovery against Auburn ...Seven tackles (three solo) against Florida State...Eight tackles (four solo) and an interception in the SEC Championship game versus Alabama...
PREP: A defensive back standout who gained All-America recognition...Named to National Bluechips All-America Team and that publication ranked him among the nation's top three prospects at cornerback... Named to National Recruiting Advisor's All-America Team and that publication ranked him among the top 10 cornerback prospects in the nation...A first-team All- State selection (4A) who garnered honorable mention All-America honors from USA Today...A four-year starter who posted a 3.5 GPA... Named to school's honor roll all four years... Combined for over 1,000 yards in total offense in 1998...Selected his district's MVP in '98...Blocked 12 kicks over his prep career...High school coach was Gerald Odom...Also visited Alabama and Virginia ...
MAJOR: Sociology.
| Career Defensive Stats: | ||||||||
| Year | ut-at | tt | tbl | qbs | ff | fr | pd | int |
| 1999 | 27-24 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 17-11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2001 | 18-6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | -- DNP -- | |||||||
| 2003 | 68-47 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Total | 130-88 | 218 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
Career Highs:
Total Tackles: 15 (Tennessee, 2003)
QB Sacks: - Forced Fumbles: 1 (Miami, 2003)
Interceptions: 2 (twice, last Vanderbilt, 2003)
Big Plays: 6 (Miami, 2003)
