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Football: Johnnie Dixon’s career has been defined by injuries. Against Penn State, it turned out differently.
Johnnie Dixon sat on the turf with his legs out in front of him. A voice came on in the press box and mentioned the word injury.
Oh no. Not again. Not Dixon. Not now.
Entering the season, Dixon, a redshirt junior, was best known as Ohio State’s wide receiver whose knees were determined to leave his potential untapped.
So, as Dixon sat there on the turf early in the fourth quarter against No. 6 Penn State, before the Buckeyes’ eventual comeback seemed attainable, it was easy for the minds of 109,302 people in the stands and the players and coaches on the sidelines to recall Dixon’s battles with knee tendinitis and arthritis.
It turns out, this time it was only leg cramps, which Dixon said are “the worst.”
And it turns out, Ohio State got lucky it was nothing more.
Dixon would return to the field and make two catches, both for touchdowns, that were critical in the No. 6 Buckeyes’ 39-38 come-from-behind win against the No. 2 Nittany Lions.
“I was very emotional when I made those catches,” Dixon said. “It’s just crazy the feelings that were going through my mind knowing that we needed a play, and we always tell each other that it’s going to be on us, on [the wide receivers], to make a play which we did.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2017/10/...s-against-penn-state-it-turned-out-different/
Johnnie Dixon sat on the turf with his legs out in front of him. A voice came on in the press box and mentioned the word injury.
Oh no. Not again. Not Dixon. Not now.
Entering the season, Dixon, a redshirt junior, was best known as Ohio State’s wide receiver whose knees were determined to leave his potential untapped.
So, as Dixon sat there on the turf early in the fourth quarter against No. 6 Penn State, before the Buckeyes’ eventual comeback seemed attainable, it was easy for the minds of 109,302 people in the stands and the players and coaches on the sidelines to recall Dixon’s battles with knee tendinitis and arthritis.
It turns out, this time it was only leg cramps, which Dixon said are “the worst.”
And it turns out, Ohio State got lucky it was nothing more.
Dixon would return to the field and make two catches, both for touchdowns, that were critical in the No. 6 Buckeyes’ 39-38 come-from-behind win against the No. 2 Nittany Lions.
“I was very emotional when I made those catches,” Dixon said. “It’s just crazy the feelings that were going through my mind knowing that we needed a play, and we always tell each other that it’s going to be on us, on [the wide receivers], to make a play which we did.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2017/10/...s-against-penn-state-it-turned-out-different/
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