Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Daviyon Nixon was born December 13, 1998, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He attended Indian Trail High School and Academy, where he played basketball and football. He was named first team All-Southeast Conference and first team All-State as a senior. Nixon committed to play college football at Iowa over an offer from Purdue, but was not admitted after failing to qualify academically.

Nixon began his collegiate career at Iowa Western Community College. He finished his freshman season with five sacks and nine tackles for loss and was named second team All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference. After one season, he qualified academically to play Division I football and committed to Iowa.

Nixon redshirted his first season at Iowa. As a redshirt sophomore, he played in all 13 of the Hawkeyes' games and finished the season with 29 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss and three sacks. Nix was named first team All-Big Ten Conference as well as the conference Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year and as a redshirt junior and was a unanimous first team All-America selection. He was drafted 158th by the Carolina Panthers in the 2021 NFL Draft.