[EKUAlum05]

what is the reason this kid didn't get any scholarship offers?  No 1aa or div 2 offers? I know him to be a great player but what is the hang up

I cant speak for Dixon's situation as I do not know.

What I can relay is something I witnessed first hand here in GA between a Mid-Major D-1 program and the Head Coach of a State Championship winning High School program.

The scout was there watching a specific DLinemen and this team had a Jack of All Trades kid who was a High School stud. That night he went off.. had a return TD, a rushing TD, a receiving TD, and made some big plays on defense as well from his DB position.

The Head Coach goes to the scout and said jokingly, "I am not telling you how to do your job, but I don't see how you can't offer this kid after what you witnessed tonight."

The Scout shook his head, admitted the kid was a great player and that he carried the team to victory, then said, " Here's my thing Coach...  He is a great player and this is no slight to him, but he is a 5'11 195 white boy who runs a hand timed 4.5 40 playing against good but not great competition. This is no slight whatsoever to the kid, but there are probably 1000 kids across this country who may or may not be just as good as him. I have to recruit off what he will do as a Senior at my college and not what he is doing as a Senior in High School. We simply cannot take a risk on whether he is that rare kid in those 1000 and I only have so many scholarships to work with. I simply can't take that chance unless I KNOW he is different"

I will never forget that conversation. For the record, this was about 6 years ago.. that kid ended up going to a D-2 school and is now starting his coaching career.

Dixon is a tremendous HS player and may be that exception, but he has an uphill battle because of his measurables.

Here is my take.... If you're were not a DI (FBS or FCS) in your 4 stellar years in HS state champ, all district, all state etc etc), you're most likely not after doing the super senior year.  

I think it is a pretty solid take.

I truly hope Dixon (or any athlete in a similar position) can use this to his benefit and am pulling for it to happen.. the good news is... it's not like there is a ton of risk when it was a PWO he is moving on from. Odds are he can probably get a PWO again whether to WVU or somewhere else. If he were turning down a scholarship for something better then that is a much different story.

I know if this were my son I would ultimately give him the decision to make what decision he felt was best, with all that said.... if he asked for my input I would say it probably is better to go ahead and go on to college and start your higher education now instead of waiting because the odds are it is your degree that will be paying your bills one day and not your football career. Repeating a Senior year of High School, IMHO, does not best equip someone to step into a college environment.