| Riley Dixon | |
| Current Team: | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Number: | 9 |
| Position: | Punter |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Oneida, New York, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 221 |
| College: | Syracuse (2012–2015) |
| Draftyear: | 2016 |
| Draftround: | 7 |
| Draftpick: | 228 |
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| Status: | Active |
| Highlights: |
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| Statseason: | 2025 |
| Statlabel1: | Punts |
| Statvalue1: | 731 |
| Statlabel2: | Punting yards |
| Statvalue2: | 33,502 |
| Statlabel3: | Punting average |
| Statlabel4: | Longest punt |
| Statvalue4: | 71 |
| Statlabel5: | Inside 20 |
| Statvalue5: | 260 |
| Statlabel6: | Touchbacks |
| Statvalue6: | 46 |
| Pfr: | DixoRi00 |
Riley T. Dixon (born August 24, 1993) is an American professional football punter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Broncos in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL draft. He played college football for the Syracuse Orange.
Dixon attended and played high school football at Christian Brothers Academy in DeWitt, New York.[1]
In 2011, Dixon joined the Syracuse Orange football team as a walk-on. He started for three years and earned All-ACC Second-Team honors in 2015, ranking sixth in SU history with an average of 42.6 yards per punt.[2] [3]
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Punting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punts | Yds | Avg | |||||||
| 2012 | Syracuse | Big East | SO | K | 2 | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | |
| 2013 | Syracuse | ACC | SO | K | 13 | 75 | 3,161 | 42.1 | |
| 2014 | Syracuse | ACC | SR | K | 12 | 75 | 3,182 | 42.4 | |
| 2015 | Syracuse | ACC | SR | P | 12 | 65 | 2,839 | 43.7 | |
| Career | Syracuse | 39 | 218 | 9,291 | 42.6 | ||||
Dixon was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL draft with the 228th overall pick.[4] He was the second of three punters selected in the draft.[5]
On May 11, 2016, the Broncos signed Dixon to a four-year, $2.42 million rookie contract, with a signing bonus of $80,009.[6] Dixon won the punting job on August 30, 2016, when the Broncos released veteran Britton Colquitt.[7] On December 11, 2016, Dixon threw a 16-yard pass on a fake punt, becoming the second Broncos punter to ever throw a pass after Chris Norman in 1986.[8] In his rookie season, he punted 89 times for a 41.3 net average, the highest by a rookie in NFL history.[9] He was named to the 2016 All-Rookie Team, the first Bronco since Chris Harris Jr. & Von Miller were both selected in 2011.[10] In the 2017 season, he had 73 punts for 3,331 net yards for a 45.63 average.[11]
On April 20, 2018, Dixon was traded to the New York Giants for a 2019 conditional seventh-round draft pick after the Broncos signed former Raiders punter Marquette King.[12] In the 2018 season, he had 71 punts for 3,226 net yards for a 45.44 average.[13]
On December 8, 2019, Dixon signed a three-year contract extension with the Giants.[14]
On November 15, 2020, Dixon kicked a 71 yard punt in a game against the Eagles, the longest punt of his career.[15] He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Giants on November 18, 2020,[16] and activated on November 23.[17]
On December 21, 2021, the Giants restructured Dixon’s contract to create cap space.[18]
On March 10, 2022, Dixon was released by the Giants.[19]
On April 5, 2022, Dixon signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams.[20]
In Week 16 against the Broncos, the Rams beat Denver 51–14, without ever punting the ball. The Christmas Day contest served as Dixon's first career zero–punt game.[21]
On March 21, 2023, Dixon signed a two-year contract with the Broncos.[22] During a Wild Card playoff matchup against the Buffalo Bills in 2024, Dixon completed a 17-yard pass to Marvin Mims on a fake punt play.
On March 13, 2025, Dixon signed a two-year, $6 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[23] [24] In Week 13, Dixon punted five times, two landing inside the 10-yard line in a 20-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals, earning NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.[25]
| Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| Led the league | ||
| Bold | Career high | |
| Year | Team | GP | Punting | Passing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punts | Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | RetY | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | ||||
| DEN | 16 | 89 | 4,068 | 68 | 45.7 | 41.3 | 0 | 28 | 271 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| DEN | 16 | 73 | 3,331 | 60 | 45.6 | 40.2 | 2 | 23 | 258 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NYG | 16 | 71 | 3,226 | 60 | 45.4 | 41.8 | 0 | 20 | 177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NYG | 16 | 69 | 3,178 | 62 | 46.1 | 42.3 | 2 | 29 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NYG | 16 | 65 | 2,911 | 71 | 44.8 | 38.8 | 1 | 28 | 232 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| NYG | 17 | 74 | 3,283 | 63 | 44.4 | 39.5 | 0 | 24 | 237 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| LAR | 17 | 71 | 3,434 | 67 | 48.4 | 40.8 | 2 | 19 | 372 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 | ||
| DEN | 17 | 79 | 3,659 | 68 | 46.3 | 42.2 | 0 | 27 | 202 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| DEN | 17 | 77 | 3,597 | 65 | 46.7 | 42.2 | 0 | 33 | 251 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | ||
| 2025 | TB | 17 | 63 | 2,815 | 62 | 44.7 | 38.9 | 2 | 29 | 205 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Career | 165 | 731 | 33,502 | 71 | 45.8 | 40.9 | 9 | 260 | 2,341 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | ||
