![]() Nixon in July 1981 | |||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Born: | Camilla, Georgia, U.S. | September 22, 1958||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 191 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Miami (FL) Carol City | ||||||||
College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1980: 4th round, 87th pick | ||||||||
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Frederick Lenar Nixon (born September 22, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).
Nixon was born Frederick Lenar Nixon on September 22, 1958, in Camilla, Georgia, United States. [1] He attended Miami Carol City Senior High School in Miami Gardens, Florida. [2]
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Oklahoma. [3]
Nixon was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1980 NFL draft and played two seasons with the team. He returned for a third season, but was placed on the injured reserve list with a stress fracture of the foot on August 24, 1982, through the entire 1982 season. [4] The Packers released him on March 2, 1983. [5]
Nixon signed with the Oklahoma Outlaws of the USFL on October 11, 1983. [6] On January 26, 1984, while at training camp in Tampa, Florida he was hospitalized with heat exhaustion. Shortly after his illness, Nixon retired from the team. [7]
Nixon signed with the Orlando Renegades of the USFL in November 1984. [8]