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2023 Football Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

6 Denzel Daxon

  • Position DL
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 320
  • Hometown Nassau, Bahamas
  • High School Carol City (Fla.)
  • Prev School Ohio
  • Instagram denzeldaxon
  • Twitter _zell0

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023 Senior

  • Played in all 12 games with 11 starts at nose tackle
  • 27 tackles on the season
  • Three or more tackles in seven games
  • More than doubled his career output during his one season at Illinois
  • Career-high four tackles vs. Nebraska (10/6/23) and vs. Northwestern (11/25/23)
  • Started at nose tackle in Illinois debut, and posted three tackles in season-opening win vs. Toledo (9/2/23)
  • Transferred to Illinois with one year of eligibility remaining
  • Enrolled at Illinois for the spring semester in 2023

2022 Junior - Ohio

  • Played in 12 games
  • Three tackles

2021 Sophomore - Ohio

  • Played in all 12 games
  • Eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs, and 1.0 sack
  • Academic All-MAC

2020 Redshirt Freshman - Ohio

  • Did not play in a game

2019 Freshman - Ohio

  • Did not play in a game and redshirted the season

High School

  • 35 total tackles, 14 tackles for loss and three sacks as a senior
  • 54 total tackles, 28 tackles for loss and three sacks as a junior
  • All-county 
  • Honor Roll

Personal

  • Son of Don Daxon
  • One brother, Don Daxon Jr., and one sister, Iesha Daxon
  • Came to the United States in 2016

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Senior

    DL
    6'2" 315 lbs
  • 6

    2023Senior

    DL
    6'2" 320 lbs
    6