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Dennis Dixon was signed to the Ravens’ practice squad on 9/3/12...Was originally selected by the Steelers in the fifth round (156th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Career
• Has completed 35 of 59 passes for 402 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs...Also has rushed 10 times for 56 yards and 1 TD
• Threw his first-career TD pass at Bal. (11/29/09)
• Posted career highs in attempts (26), completions (18), yards (236) and QB rating (81.6) vs. Atl. (9/12/10)
2011: (with Pittsburgh – 0/0) Was active for five regular season games, but did not play...Inactive for 11 regular season games and one postseason contest
2010: (with Pittsburgh – 2/2) Completed 22 of 32 passes (68.8%) for 254 yards and 1 INT
• Went 4-for 6 for 18 yards in game 2 at Ten. (9/19)...Also ran 3 times for a career-high 28 yards against the Titans...Posted career highs in attempts (26), completions (18), yards (236) and QB rating (81.6) in game 1 vs. Atl. (9/12)
Transactions
Dennis Dixon was signed to the Ravens’ practice squad on 9/3/12...Was originally selected by the Steelers in the fifth round (156th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Career
• Has completed 35 of 59 passes for 402 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs...Also has rushed 10 times for 56 yards and 1 TD
• Threw his first-career TD pass at Bal. (11/29/09)
• Posted career highs in attempts (26), completions (18), yards (236) and QB rating (81.6) vs. Atl. (9/12/10)
2011: (with Pittsburgh – 0/0) Was active for five regular season games, but did not play...Inactive for 11 regular season games and one postseason contest
2010: (with Pittsburgh – 2/2) Completed 22 of 32 passes (68.8%) for 254 yards and 1 INT
• Went 4-for 6 for 18 yards in game 2 at Ten. (9/19)...Also ran 3 times for a career-high 28 yards against the Titans...Posted career highs in attempts (26), completions (18), yards (236) and QB rating (81.6) in game 1 vs. Atl. (9/12)
2009: (with Pittsburgh – 1/1) Went 12-of-26 for 145 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT in his only start
• Started his first-career game and attempted a career-high 26 passes (12 completions) for 145 yards and his first-career TD in game 11 at Bal. (11/29)...Also rushed 3 times for 27 yards against the Ravens
2008: (with Pittsburgh – 1/0) Was the third QB for the first 15 games of the regular season and two postseason contest
• Made his NFL debut in the fourth quarter and completed his only pass attempt (to Hines Ward for his 800th-career reception) in the season finale at Cle. (12/28)
College
Finished his career ranked sixth on the school’s career total yards list (6,337 yards)...His 38 TD passes rank seventh in Oregon all-time annals...Dixon’s 1,208 rushing yards in 2007 set the school career-record for QBs, topping the old mark set by Reggie Ogburn (1,171 yards, from 1979-80)...Named Pac-10 Conference’s unanimous Offensive Player of the Year and honorable mention All-American as a senior in 2007 after he guided Oregon to an 8-1 record and a No. 2 seed in the BCS standings before getting injured (ACL on 11/3/07 vs. ASU) and missing the team’s final three games...Finished fourth in the balloting for Associated Press Player of the Year...Was one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award as well as one of five finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award...As the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District quarterback was one of five student-athletes in school history (and Oregon’s first football player ever) to be bestowed with the NCAA Top VIII Award...Was also the recipient of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Award and accompanying post-graduate scholarship...Finished his collegiate career as the single-season and all-time school record holder in passing completion percentage (67.7% and 63.9%, respectively)...Became only the third Ducks’ QB in the modern era (first since 1995) to eclipse 100 yards rushing in a game (141 yards vs. Houston)...Amassed a personal-best 374 yards passing and 382 yards total offense at Stanford, including a personal best 5 TDs (4 passing, 1 rushing)...Concluded his career sixth on Oregon’s all-time list for total offense (6,339 yards) and eighth in passing yards (5,129)...Started 11 games and earned second-team Academic All-Pac-10 Conference selection, helping lead a team that ranked ninth in the nation in total offense (422.85 ypg.) as a junior...Completed 197 of 322 passes for 2,143 yards, 12 TDs and 14 INTs...Also carried the ball 94 times for 442 yards and 2 TDs...Appeared in 11 games (4 starts) and completed 69 of 104 attempts for 777 yards, 6 TDs as a sophomore in 2005...Named Academic All-Pac 10 Conference honorable mention...Played in six games, completing 6-of-15 passes for 73 yards and rushed 10 times for 40 yards as a freshman in 2004...Graduated with a degree in sociology.
High School, Personal
Prepped at San Leandro (CA) HS, (three-year starter), compiling a 36-3 record...Amassed 5,951 aerial yards while throwing for 79 TDs...Named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Best of the West list (top vote-getter) among QBs and earned Parade All-American honors as a senior, leading the team to an 11-1 record in 2002...Completed 164 of 268 passes (61.2 percent) for 2,736 yards and 30 TDs in his final season...Selected by the Cincinnati Reds in 20th round (591st overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball amateur entry draft...Selected by Atlanta Braves in fifth round (168th overall) of 2007 amateur entry draft...Appeared in a total of 28 games in the Braves’ minor league system as an outfielder in 2007.
