Biggest risers from the 2022 college all-star events:

Nicholls State wide receiver Dai'Jean Dixon

WR Dai’Jean Dixon, Nicholls State

Considering Dixon and former LSU and now-Titans receiver Racey McMath (who ran a 4.34 at his pro day last year) were often called "twins," this kid was expected to get multiple Power-Five offers, but due to a sexual assault accusation, which was later recanted by the woman, he ended up at Nicholls State. There, he was named a three-time All-Southland selection and broke multiple school records, such as most points scored (216) and most consecutive games with a reception (50), along with finishing top-four in catches (236), receiving yards (3802) and TDs (35).

As a fairly unknown commodity heading into this draft process, an opportunity to showcase his talents to evaluators was key for Dixon, and he got that chance at the NFLPA Bowl, where I’m sure people circled his name during practices and the game. Standing at 6’2”, 200 pounds, Dixon would be labeled an outside receiver, which is also where he did most of his damage in college, as the X-receiver for the most part, but in Pasadena, he operated mostly out of the slot. During practice, he just had different juice coming out of his stance, I thought. He was able to put defenders on their heels initially. Yet, he won plenty on the short and intermediate levels, while the American team got him involved on some reverses and then as deception off that.

Throughout one-on-one sessions, he ran his routes with crisp breaks and showed confident hands, extending outside his frame and extending late on over-the-shoulder grabs. In the actual game, he hauled in a couple of balls, where he displayed outstanding ball-tracking, plus late adjustments, and some toughness through contact. He ended the day with six catches for 131 yards and a touchdown, on which he easily won on a slant route versus soft press and held onto the ball, despite nearly getting his head knocked off by the safety. Along with that, he showed some savvy to force pass interference once, by making his man have to go through him at one catch point.

Before anything else, NFL scouts will have to check on those red flags with Dixon's personal life. They'll have to go back to his high school and sit down with his old teachers and administraors and discuss any remaining concerns. Once again, having played in the FCS will lead to questions about the level of competition, but he performed about as well as he could at the NFLPA Bowl, and last year his team also scheduled Louisiana and Memphis from the AAC – and he went off for 21 catches for 305 yards and two touchdowns combined.