Just a couple months after he arrived at Penn State in January, Daryus Dixson created a buzz during spring practice.

His new coaches and teammates raved about him, despite him adjusting to living 3,000 miles from his Southern California home and despite acclimating himself to Pennsylvania weather.

“When I first got up here, I felt a little bit alone because I was so far from home,” Dixson said. “(Then) I got really sick. It was super cold to me. I just couldn’t function. It was to the point where I couldn’t move out of the bed.”

He overcame his homesickness and his illness in the spring semester and then the freshman wall in midseason.

He has seen extensive action at cornerback in the last three games, including his first career start, and has made an impact.

Dixson is expected to con

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