Dillon Baxter
{{Short description|American football player (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dillon Baxter
| image = Dillon Baxter 2009.jpg
| caption = Baxter in 2009
| number =
| position = Running back / Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|23}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lbs = 214
| high_school = San Diego (CA) Mission Bay
| college = Baker
| undraftedyear = 2014
| pastteams =
- Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2014}})*
- Arizona Rattlers ({{IFL Year|2017}})*
| status =
| highlights =
}}
Dillon Baxter (born October 23, 1991) is an American former college football running back and wide receiver.
Early life
Baxter prepped at Mission Bay Senior High School in San Diego, California, where he played quarterback, running back, and wide receiver as a senior. Mission Bay went 13–0 and won the CIF San Diego Division IV title in 2009. Baxter won the prestigious Silver Pigskin Trophy, awarded annually to San Diego County's most outstanding football player, chosen by KUSI television's Prep Pigskin Report. In addition, Baxter was a consensus High School All-American and also won the Hall Trophy.{{Citation |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34434474/ |title=San Diego's Baxter named Player of the Year |work=MSNBC.com |date=January 9, 2010 |access-date=May 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806204243/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34434474 |archive-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}. He chose to attend USC on an athletic scholarship.
College career
Baxter joined the University of Southern California in 2010. In November, he was ruled temporarily ineligible for accepting benefits from an NFLPA-certified agent,{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5827657 |title=USC wants Dillon Baxter reinstated |date=November 22, 2010 |first=Pedro |last=Moura |work=ESPNLosAngeles.com }} but was later reinstated.
On October 25, 2011, ESPN reported that Baxter had been taken off the USC football team, but was still enrolled at the university.{{Citation |url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/ncf/story/_/id/7147728/once-highly-touted-rb-dillon-baxter-usc-team/ |title= Dillon Baxter off USC team |work=ESPN.com |date=October 25, 2011 }}. Baxter then transferred to San Diego State University and was scheduled to miss the 2012 season due to NCAA transfer restrictions. On February 29, 2012, however, he has been dismissed from the SDSU football program for "various reasons".{{cite news |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/29/sdsu-dismisses-baxter-team/ |title=SDSU dismisses Baxter from team |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=February 29, 2012 |first=Brent |last=Schrotenboer }}
:See 2012 Heart of America Athletic Conference football season
In May 2012, Baxter enrolled at Baker University, a small NAIA school in Baldwin City, Kansas.
In 2013, he rushed for 1,025 yards on 205 carries.
A March 10, 2014 article in The San Diego Union-Tribune indicated that Baxter had matured and was preparing for the NFL.{{cite web| url = https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/chargers/sdut-dillon-baxter-mission-bay-usc-sdsu-baker-nfl-draft-2014mar10-story.html| title = An older Dillon Baxter eyes the NFL - The San Diego Union-Tribune| date = March 10, 2014}}
Professional career
In 2014, Baxter was signed to the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad by Pete Carroll, the coach who formerly recruited him at USC, but he did not make the cut. Baxter also tried out for the Los Angeles Chargers.
On January 24, 2017, Baxter was released by the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He was re-signed just two days later. He was released again on February 9, 2017.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130802063941/http://www.bakeru.edu/sports/football/roster/dillon-baxter Baker Wildcats bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100526044529/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/baxter_dillon00.html USC Trojans bio]
{{Mr. Football USA}}
{{Hall Trophy}}
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Category:Players of American football from San Diego
Category:American football running backs
Category:American football wide receivers
Category:USC Trojans football players