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Huskies Receive Commit from SoCal JC Cornerback

Thaddeus Dixon becomes the UW's fifth DB pledge.
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Huskies Receive Commit from SoCal JC Cornerback
Huskies Receive Commit from SoCal JC Cornerback

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Making a cornerback upgrade a recruiting priority, the University of Washington football team received a commitment from Thaddeus Dixon from Long Beach City College.

The 6-foot, 187-pound Dixon comes with two years of JC experience, collecting 42 tackles, 3 interceptions and 4 pass break-ups, and has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

He visited the UW this weekend, told the coaches he was coming on Sunday and made the public announcement on Monday morning.

Dixon is the fifth defensive back committed to Kalen DeBoer's staff, joining cornerback Curley "Lockdown' Reed from Lake Charles, Louisiana, safety Vincent Holmes from San Jacinto, California, cornerback LeRoy Bryant from Fairfield, California, and cornerback Diesel Gordon from Arlington, Texas, all high school recruits.

Dixon also drew recruiting interest from Fresno State, Hawaii and Connecticut, and a host of smaller schools.

A Southern California native, he reportedly played for La Mirada and Paramount high schools before enrolling at Long Beach CC.

The Huskies also are pursuing Caleb Presley, an Oregon commit yet a Seattle native who could flip, plus JC cornerback Channing Canada from Texas' Trinity Valley College, where former Sonic Shawn Kemp briefly played basketball; and Wake Forest portal transfer Gavin Holmes. 

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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