His father, Frazier Hawkins, served 17 years in prison for drug trafficking charges.

[1] He got into fights as a child, got suspended, and eventually expelled from school while in eighth grade.

[3] Dixon attended Booker T. Washington High School in Miami, Florida.

He had to take a Greyhound bus back and forth from New York to Miami because he could not afford plane tickets.

[5] As a true freshman in 2005, he played in eight games and had seven tackles in key goal-line and short-yardage situations.

After tearing his triceps in a week four game against the San Francisco 49ers on October 2, 2011, Dixon was placed on season-ending injured reserve.

[7] Dixon was signed when cornerback Justin King was waived to bolster depleted defensive line.

In 2014, Dixon signed with the West Texas Wildcatters of the Lone Star Football League (LSFL).

On October 29, 2014, Dixon was assigned to the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League (AFL).