Collin Dixon
Collin Dixon
Beats you over the top. This is his second year in the same receiving corps at Illinois. The receipt on tape: 90 rec yds, 4 receptions against USC, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 34–32
vs USC
4 rec · 90 yds
Edged out USC at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Illinois
Returning around him
- 52% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 3 Illinois players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -8 net (19 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Illinois · Last season: 9-4 (AP #23) · Talent rank #64 · 2026 recruiting class #24
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Billy Bowens’s 2022 season.
Matches Billy on
Differs from Billy on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.
Matches Kahtero on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Nyziah Hunter's sophomore season at Nebraska (2025).
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Player DNA
Players who play like Collin Dixon
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+108%
Up 108% from first season to most-recent.
Background
2026 Junior Attended the 2026 B1G Student-Athlete Leadership Retreat 2025 Sophomore CSC Academic All-District Started all 13 games 35 receptions for 548 receiving yards and five touchdowns on the season Tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns (5) 14th in the Big Ten in receiving touchdowns...