REDSHIRT SENIOR (2025)
- Named to Phil Steele's Preseason Big 12 Second Team
- Named to Maxwell Award Watch List during the preseason
- Named to Paul Hornung Award Watch List during the preseason
- Named to Doak Walker Award Watch List during the preseason
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024 AT WESTERN MICHIGAN)
- Named All-MAC First Team
- 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
- Second 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