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domenik hixon
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Wide Receiver
H e i g h t - 6-2
Weight - 197
College - Akron
High School - Whitehall-Yearling (Ohio)
Birthdate - OcTOBER 8, 1984
How Acquired - waivers (Denver, 2007)
NFL Exp - 7th year
Giants Exp. - 6th year
new york football giants
TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a 4th round (130th pick overall)
draft choice by the Denver Broncos in
2006… Placed on reserve/non-football injury
list (left foot) by Denver on Aug. 29, 2006
and remained there the rest of the season...
Waived by the Broncos on Oct. 2, 2007…
Awarded off waivers to the Giants on Oct. 3,
2007.
GIANTS NOTES:
- Missed the entire 2010 season after tearing
his right anterior cruciate ligament in a
minicamp practice on June 15.
- Provides major contributions to the team
as a receiver, punt returner, kickoff returner
and on special teams cover units.
- Hixon’s 290 kickoff return yards in 4 games
set the Giants’ career postseason record in
2007…The previous mark of 272 yards was
held by Ron Dixon.
- Hixon’s 303 total yards at New Orleans on
Oct. 18, 2009 shattered Joe Scott’s 61-year-old
franchise record by 24 yards.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Has played in 60 regular-season games
with 13 starts and in 5 postseason games.
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
- Saw action at wide receiver and as punt
returner at Baltimore. (12/23)...Caught three
passes for 36 yards and one touchdown and
returned two punts for 12 yards.
- Saw action at wide receiver and as the
punt returner at Atlanta (12/16)...Caught five
passes for 80 yards, with a long of 37.
- Saw action at wide receiver and as the
punt returner vs. New Orleans (12/9)...Caught
three passes for 30 yards and one touchdown,
and returned two punts for 19 yards (9.5-yard
avg.).
- Was inactive at Washington (12/3) due to
ankle injury suffered in Week 10 at Cincinnati.
- Was inactive vs. Green Bay (11/25).
- Started as the third wide receiver at
Cincinnati (11/11)...Caught one pass for eight
yards and injured his ankle on the play...He did
not return to the game.
- Saw action at wide receiver vs. Pittsburgh
(11/4)...Was targeted once by Eli Manning.
- Saw action at wide receiver at Dallas
(10/28)...Caught three passes for 26 yards.
- Saw action at wide receiver vs. Washington
(10/21)...Caught three passes for 32 yards.
- Caught four passes for 78 yards at San
Francisco (10/14).
- Started at wide receiver opposite of Victor
Cruz vs. Cleveland (10/7)...Caught five passes
for 55 yards, including a long reception of 17
yards.
- Started at wide receiver opposite of Victor
Cruz at Philadelphia (9/30)... Tied a careerhigh
with six receptions (achieved twice in
2008) and established a personal best with
114 yards...Started for Hakeem Nicks, who
was inactive with foot and knee injuries.
- Inactive at Carolina (9/20) due to a concussion
suffered in Week 2 vs. Tampa Bay
(9/16).
- Had one reception for 12 yards vs. Tampa
Bay (9/16) before leaving the game with a
concussion.
- Was given punt return duties, but had just
one runback for five yards in the seaon opener
against Dallas (9/5)...Also saw first action since
tearing his ACL early in the 2011 season...
Caught 3 passes for 55 yards, with a long of 39.
HIXON’s GAME-BY-GAME
2012
RECEIVING
Date Opp. NO. YDS AVG. LG TD
9/5 DAL 3 55 18.3 39 0
9/16 TB 1 12 12.0 12 0
9/20 @CAR INACTIVE
9/30 @PHI 6 114 19.0 41 0
10/7 CLE 5 55 11.0 17 0
10/14 @SF 4 78 19.5 39 0
10/21 WAS 3 32 10.7 19 0
10/28 @DAL 3 26 8.7 18 0
11/4 PIT 0 0 0.0 0 0
11/11 @CIN 1 8 8.0 8 0
11/25 GB INACTIVE
12/3 @WAS INACTIVE
12/9 NO 3 30 10.0 16 1
12/16 @ATL 5 80 16.0 37 0
12/23 @BAL 3 36 12.0 14 1
12/30 PHI
Totals 37 526 14.2 41 2