University of North Carolina Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 1
Thaddeus Dixon
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- La Mirada
2025 - Redshirt Senior Season at Carolina
2024 - Redshirt Junior Season at Washington
2023 - Redshirt Sophomore Season at Washington
Junior College at Long Beach City College
High School
- Started seven games for the Tar Heels in 2025, missing five games due to injury
- Finished the season with 19 tackles, including 13 solo stops
- Recorded two tackles for loss and six pass breakups
- Had four tackles in the season opener against TCU and in his Carolina debut
- Also logged four tackles at UCF and at NC State
- Notched tackles for loss against the Knights and Clemson
- Only allowed 16 catches and one touchdown according to PFF
- Graded out at 74.5 against TCU in the season opener
- Also had a strong grade with a 70.2 against the Wolfpack in the season finale
2024 - Redshirt Junior Season at Washington
- Played in all 13 games, starting 12 (all but Sun Bowl)
- Named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches
- Made four tackles and had two pass break-ups vs. Weber State
- Recorded two tackles, two PBUs and an interception vs. Washington State
- Logged six tackles, including half of a TFL, at Rutgers
- Tallied two stops in the win over No. 10 Michigan
- Registered five tackles and a break-up at Indiana
- Notched a season-high eight tackles, a forced fumble and a pass break-up at Oregon
- Had three tackles, including one and a half for a loss, in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl vs. Louisville
- Won the UW's defensive skill player of the year award at the postseason awards banquet.
2023 - Redshirt Sophomore Season at Washington
- Enrolled at UW in time to participate in spring practices in 2023
- Played in 14 of 15 games (all game other than vs. ASU) and finished with 26 tackles
- Saw action in the UW's season-opening win over Boise State
- Had two tackles and two pass break-ups in the win at Michigan State
- Collected four tackles in the win over California
- Tallied three tackles, one of them for a loss, plus two pass break-ups in the win at Arizona
- Logged six tackles in the win at USC
- Had one tackle and an interception in the win over Washington State
- Contributed one tackle and a pass break-up in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over No. 5 Oregon
- Had two tackles each in the playoff games vs. No. 3 Texas and No. 1 Michigan.
Junior College at Long Beach City College
- Played the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Long Beach City College in southern California
- As a sophomore in 2022, made 43 tackles and had three interceptions over 11 games
- As a freshman at Long Beach CC, notched 34 tackles, with two interceptions and eight pass break-ups
- Ranked the national's No. 44 JC prospect and No. 8 JC cornerback by 247Sports.com
- Ranked the No. 27 junior college prospect and No. 5 JC corner by ESPN
High School
- As a senior at La Mirada in 2019, rushed for 1,018 yards and 15 touchdowns on 142 carries
- Helped lead the Matadores to a 7-4 record and the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs
- Also a sprinter on the track team at La Mirada
- Played for coach Mike Moschetti at La Mirada and coach Brett Peabody at LBCC.
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Saturday, February 14
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Saturday, February 14
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Saturday, February 14
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