View D3ProDay.com Preseason All-American Team
DANVILLE, Va. — The preseason honors keep coming for Averett University senior Jeremy Dixon. The 2010 D3Football.com Preseason All-American was also selected Monday to the 2010 D3ProDay.com Preseason All-American First Team as a return specialist.
D3ProDay.com is a website that hosts a national Division 3 pro day and combine for seniors after the regular season. The D3ProDay.com Preseason All-Americans represent the top seniors in Division 3. The selection board is made up of pro scouts, NFL and CFL agents and former NFL coaches and players. Last year. Over 50 top Division 3 players, including 6 All-Americans and 28 all-conference players, worked out at the East Preps regional combine in New Jersey. This season, regional combines are set for Philadelphia, Richmond, Chicago and Los Angeles and the top 100 will compete in the national pro day/combine, which is a televised event.
Dixon, who is entering his senior season, gained national recognition during his junior season after he was named to the 2009 D3Football.com All-American Second Team as a return specialist. Dixon was also selected to the D3Football.com All-South Region First Team as a return specialist last season.
Dixon was named to the 2010 D3Football.com Preseason All-American Second Team as a return specialist on July 14.
Dixon, who is also a wide receiver, had a stellar 2009 season as a return specialist for the 7-3 Cougars, who finished as the runner-up in the USA South Conference. Dixon had just six kickoff returns all season, but returned two of them for touchdowns — one 88 yards against Christopher Newport and one 86 yards against N.C. Wesleyan. He finished with 298 kick return yards for an average of 49.7 yards per return.
The Hawthorne, Fla., native also had success as a punt returner. He returned 16 punts for 210 yards, including one for a 73-yard touchdown against Ferrum.
Dixon became the first player in Averett history to return two punts for a touchdown in a career, as well as the first Cougars to return a multiple kickoffs for a touchdown in a career. Dixon also had a 50-yard punt return for a touchdown in 2008 against Greensboro.
Dixon also earned 2009 USA South All-Conference First Team honors as a return specialist. He was also a USA South Honorable Mention selection at wide receiver, where he caught 31 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns. In addition, Dixon was named the team's Special Teams Player of the Year by the Averett coaching staff at the Cougars' awards banquet following the season.
Averett opens its 2010 schedule on Sept. 4 at home against Hampden-Sydney College at 1 p.m.