REDSHIRT SENIOR (2025)

Named to Phil Steele's Preseason Big 12 Second Team

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024 AT WESTERN MICHIGAN)

Appeared in 13 games
Accumulated 921 rushing yards for the season on 143 attempts
Had 77 receiving yards on 23 attempts
Finished season with 12 touchdowns
Season-high of 189 rushing yards against Bethune-Cookman
Longest rush was 92 yards at Kent State
Logged a high of 3 touchdowns against Buffalo

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023, AT OKLAHOMA STATE)

Played in all 12 regular season games but did not play in the two postseason games
Finished the year with 50 carries for 197 yards, both of which marked the second most on the team for the season and career highs for his time in Stillwater
Added 12 catches for 123 yards
Had 11 kickoff returns for a 230 yards
His 550 all-purpose yards ranked fourth on the team
Scored a pair of touchdowns on the year, with one coming on a 60-yard reception at Iowa State and the other on a 2-yard run against South Alabama
The 60-yard catch at Iowa State was OSU’s second-longest reception of the season
It was also was the longest catch by a Cowboy running back since Joseph Randle’s 63-yard reception against Arizona on September 8, 2011
Made one of the plays of the season in the regular season finale against BYU
With a Big 12 Championship game appearance on the line, the Cowboys trailed by three and faced a 4th-and-2 in their own territory with just over three minutes remaining in regulation
Nixon caught a swing pass in the backfield and, outside the norm for the quick and shifty back and sent the Cowboys to the title game in Arlington
Logged multiple carries in 11 games and his best rushing totals were 46 yards in the win over Kansas and 43 yards in the win at Arizona State
Had a season-best 34-yard run in the win at Arizona State to help set up a Cowboy score
His second-longest run of the year was a 25-yarder to set up a score in the win over Kansas
Had three kickoff returns that went for longer than 30 yards, including a 33-yarder at Houston and two 32-yarders at UCF
Named OSU’s Specials Teams MVP for the Bedlam win over Oklahoma
Served as a game captain against UCF

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022, AT OKLAHOMA STATE)

A second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree
Earned honorable mention honors from the league’s coaches as the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and honorable mention on the All-Big 12 team
Played in all 13 games and started three of the final six
Started against Kansas State, Oklahoma and West Virginia
Ranked third on the team with 755 all-purpose yards on the year and tied for fourth with four total touchdowns
Finished the year with 46 carries for 181 yards
Also had 21 catches for 189 yards and three touchdowns
His receiving yards ranked second among OSU’s running backs
Added 14 kickoff returns for 385 yards and another touchdown, all of which led the team
His kickoff return yardage ranked among the top 50 players in the FBS
Had one of the most explosive plays of the season when he split two Baylor defenders and sprinted to the endzone for a 98-yard kickoff return touchdown in Waco
The play tied for the eighth-longest kickoff return in OSU history, as well as the eighth-longest kickoff return in the FBS on the year
One of 29 FBS players who recorded a kickoff return touchdown in 2022
Earned both Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week and Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week honors after the Baylor game
Also named OSU’s special teams player of the week vs. Baylor
Had a 51-yard run in the win over Texas, despite losing a cleat halfway-through the run
The play marked the second-longest Cowboy rush of the season and the third-longest rush allowed by Texas in 2022
Recorded a season-long catch of 35 yards while scoring a touchdown at Kansas
Other receiving scores came against Iowa State and Central Michigan
Finished the year with seven plays of at least 20 yards, including two catches, two carries and three kickoff returns.

FRESHMAN (2021, AT OKLAHOMA STATE)

Redshirt ... Saw action in OSU’s wins over Kansas and TCU
Carried the ball 11 times for 53 yards and made one catch for three yards against KU
Also had one kickoff return for 15 yards and one punt return for two yards against the Jayhawks
Had a 63-yard touchdown run against TCU that marked the second-longest rushing play for any Cowboy in 2021
Totaled three carries for 69 yards against TCU
His season numbers included 14 carries for 122 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown and 142 all-purpose yards.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played for Jeff Rayburn at Lone Star
Finished his senior season in 2020 with a 7-4 overall record and reached the third round of the Class 5A-I playoffs
According to MaxPreps, Nixon finished his senior year with 766 rushing yards on 139 carries with 15 rushing touchdowns
Helped lead the Rangers to a 14-1 overall record and a 7-0 league record as a junior
Rushed for 821 yards and racked up 14 rushing touchdowns in 2019
Appeared in the state semifinals as a junior
Texas District 5-5A D-I first-team selection as a junior
Scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime to defeat defending state champion Highland Park in the 2019 playoffs
Ran for 454 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore
Also ran track
Earned academic all-state honors
Volunteered and served at One Community and Elevate Life Church, served as a student mentor and has also been involved with the Zach Thompson Foundation and Mosaic Purse Ministry
Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, and ESPN
The 247Sports composite ranking rates Nixon as the No. 57 running back in the nation and the No. 133 player in the state of Texas

PERSONAL

Born in Dallas, Texas
Son of Tina Nixon and Jeroid Johnson
Father played football and ran track at Oklahoma State (lettering in 1994 and 1995), and in the AFL
Mother ran track at Oklahoma State and held the school long jump record
Cousin, LaKyron Mays ran for the Oklahoma State track team
Cousin, Adrian Peterson, played collegiate football at Oklahoma before posting 14,918 rushing yards over 15 seasons in the NFL
Cousin, Larry Nixon, was a linebacker who concluded his collegiate career in 2023, spending five seasons with North Texas before wrapping up his career with Auburn for the 2023 campaign; tallied 297 total tackles
Cousin, Issiah Nixon, was a linebacker who concluded his collegiate career in 2024, playing three seasons for Texas State before spending his final two with Sam Houston State; tallied 93 career total tackles and five forced fumbles

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