Quacking the Roster: Oregon Ducks Football TE Transfer Markus Dixon

CLEMSON, SC - NOVEMBER 22: Clemson Tigers defensive end Markus Dixon (84) during a college football game between the Furman Paladins and the Clemson Tigers on November 22, 2025 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S. C. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Dixon was recruited to Clemson in the 2023 cycle as a high 3-star (.

8778) in the 24/7 composite. Dixon prepped at Philadelphia’s powerhouse Archbishop Wood and was a multiple sport star athlete, playing both ways in football including safety and defensive end as well as wide receiver, tight end, and in one game even the quarterback. After redshirting in 2023, Dixon appeared in ten games in 2024 – six of them on offense as a developmental tight end late in games, and four more on special teams only.

In 2025 Dixon switched to the defense and appeared in three games as a developmental defensive end. In early January of this year Dixon entered the transfer portal, and two weeks later committed to Oregon with two years of eligibility to play two remaining. He was listed on the Ducks’ March 31st roster update as a tight end.

When Dixon arrived at Clemson in 2023, the Tigers had just sent tight end Davis Allen to the NFL. Clemson returned the already established new starting TE Jake Briningstool, who would also eventually go on to the NFL after 2024, as well as their main blocking TE Sage Ennis, but the other rotational and backup tight ends had graduated. Clemson took two TEs preps in the 2023 cycle, the second besides Dixon being low 4-star (.