2014 Football Roster
Roster
Riley Dixon
- Position:
- Kicker/Punter
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 221
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Blossvale, N.Y.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers Academy
At SU: Three letters … Made the team as a walk-on prior to the 2011 season and earned a scholarship at the conclusion of the 2013 season … Finished third in Orange history in career punting average (42.62), fifth in career punting yards (9,291) and fifth in most career punts (218) … Set the school record with a 75-yard punt against Clemson in 2013 ... Member of the Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 and Fall 2015 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … 2012 BIG EAST All-Academic Team selection … Named to the 2013 and 2014 All-ACC Academic Team … 2013 and 2014 ACC Honor Roll selection.
Senior Year (2015): One of the 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award, presented annually to the nation’s top punter ... ACSMA All-ACC First Team selection and named to the All-ACC Second Team by the conference’s head coaches ... Earned second-team All-ACC honors from the Associated Press ... William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist (most outstanding football scholar-athlete) … Burlsworth Trophy nominee (most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on) for the second consecutive season ... Nominee for the Wuerffel Trophy for outstanding community service, academic achievement and athletic achievement ... Ranked fourth in the ACC and sixth on the SU single-season record list in punting average (43.7) ... Owned a net average of 41.9 yards per punt ... Dixon’s 2,839 punting yards was the eighth-best season total in school history ... Placed 43.1 percent (28) of his 65 punts inside the 20-yard line with only five touchbacks ... More than 78 percent (51-65) of his punts were not returned, including 28 fair catches ... Named the Ray Guy Award Player of the Week for his effort against Central Michigan (9/19). Dixon averaged a season-best 50.4 yards per punt (5 punts for 252 yards). Three of his punts traveled more than 50 yards and were downed inside the 20 … Boomed a season-long, 64-yard punt versus Rhode Island (9/4) … Punted a season-high nine times for 404 yards at Florida State (10/31), including three of more than 50 yards, and landed a season-high five inside the 20-yard line ... Averaged 46.3 yards per kick on six punts, including a season-high four that traveled more than 50 yards, at NC State (11/21) ... Punted eight times, seven of which were fair caught, versus Boston College (11/28) ... Rushed three times for 29 yards in 2015 converting three fourth downs on two fake punts and one fake field goal … Dixon’s 5-yard run for a first down on a fake field goal against No. 8 LSU in which he hurdled a defender made SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays ... Had season-long, 15-yard run to pick up a first down at Virginia (10/17).
Junior Year (2014): All-ACC Honorable Mention selection (ACSMA) … Burlsworth Trophy nominee (most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on) ... Dixon’s 75 punts tied for third on the SU single-season record list and his 3,182 punting yards marked the third-highest, single-season total in school history … Averaged 42.4 yards per punt ... Against Villanova (8/29), earned ACC co-Specialist of the Week and ECAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after completing the eventual game-winning touchdown pass in double overtime on a fake field goal. Also averaged 43.4 yards on five punts, including two of more than 50 yards, versus the Wildcats … Against Notre Dame (9/27), averaged 38.8 yards on five punts and had a 42-yard for a first down on a fake punt … Against Florida State (10/11), averaged a season-high 48.3 yards on three punts, landing one inside the 20 … At Wake Forest (10/18), averaged 44.3 yards on six punts, including a season-long, 60-yard boot … Punted a season-high nine times at Clemson (10/25), versus NC State (11/1), Duke (11/8) and at Boston College (11/29). Finished with a season-best 416 punting yards in the Duke game.
Sophomore Year (2013): Ranked third on SU single-season record list for punts (75) and fourth in yards (3,161) … Kicked off six times for 341 yards (56.8 avg.) ... Recorded 15 punts that traveled more than 50 yards and placed 21 of them inside the 20-yard line ... At Northwestern (9/7), averaged a season-high 48.5 yards on four punts and landed two inside the 20-yard line … Against Wagner (9/14), punted four times (43.0 avg.), including a 66-yarder … Against Clemson (10/5), averaged 46.4 yards per punt on nine kicks, including a school-record 75-yard punt … Against Wake Forest (11/2), punted a career-high 11 times for a personal-best 442 yards (40.2 avg.), including three of 50-plus yards and three that landed inside the 20. Also averaged 54.7 yards per kickoff against the Demon Deacons.
Freshman Year (2012): Played in two games … Made his college debut against USC (9/8), punting twice for 61 yards (30.5 avg.) … Against Stony Brook (9/15), punted once for 48 yards.
2011: Redshirt season.
High School: Kicker and punter for head coach Joe Casamento … Named to the 2010 Post-Standard All-Central New York (CNY) First Team … Third-team all-state selection … Also lettered in baseball.
Personal: Riley T. Dixon … Son of Tom Dixon and Kimberly Coon … Born in August 1993 in Oneida, N.Y. … One sister … Earned his undergraduate degree in accounting and is now pursuing a master’s degree in accounting.
