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2021 NFL Draft: Daviyon Nixon can be a force on Raiders defensive interior

By CJ Errickson

Dec 12, 2020; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon (54) tackles Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz (5) during the fourth quarter at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 12, 2020; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon (54) tackles Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz (5) during the fourth quarter at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports /
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Raiders’ potential draft target, Daviyon Nixon. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Raiders’ potential draft target, Daviyon Nixon. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports /

Iowa’s Daviyon Nixon’s rise will intrigue the Raiders’ front office.

Defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon spent his freshman year at Iowa Western Community College before joining the Iowa Hawkeyes as a redshirt in 2018. He had a relatively quiet sophomore campaign the following season, as he only started one game for the Hawkeyes in 2019.

However, his All-American 2020 collegiate campaign showed the world that he is budding with NFL potential.

https://twitter.com/HawkeyeFootball/status/1339262881674780673

Daviyon also earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2020. His awards are impressive, and most are aware by now of how Las Vegas’ brass is enamored with ‘high character’ prospects. Above all, Nixon is a high ceiling prospect with many accolades that likely will be at the Raiders draft board’s top come April.

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