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Jordon Dizon Biography
JORDON DIZON
ATH, 6-1, 210, Waimea, Hawai’i (Waimea)
HIGH SCHOOL?As a senior, he was a Prep Football Report and PrepStar All-West regional team member, he earned second-team all-state honors and was a Kauai Interscholastic Federation (KIF) All-Star. PFR ranked him as the No. 65 player in the region and the third ranked running back, calling him “potentially the top fullback on the west coast,” while Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 8 running back prospect nationally. He earned second-team all-state honors both as a sophomore and junior, when he was also selected as the KIF most valuable player. He was injured most of the regular season his senior year, rushing once for a 12 yard touchdown run but catching nine passes for 250 yards and three scores in just over two games (he played in four preseason games and rushed for about 600 yards). As a junior, he rushed 150 times for 1,157 yards and 13 touchdowns, with a long of 84, while catching 15 passes for 175 yards. He started at linebacker on defense and was in on 75 tackles. He also handled some of the punting chores in high school, and in the state semifinal as a junior, he pinned four punts inside-the-10 yardline. Top games: in a 55-0 win over Kapaa as a junior, he rushed for 37 times for 376 yards and five touchdowns; in a 42-35 win over Hawaii Prep Academy as a senior, he had 40 rushes for 315 yards and five scores; and in a win over Woodbridge his senior year, he had 33 carries for 275 yards and four TDs. Waimea was 6-2 his senior year and 6-1 his junior and sophomore seasons under coach Liko Pereira (not including preseason games), losing in the state semifinals all three seasons. He will also letter four times in basketball (forward), as he is a three-time Player of the Year and Player of the Island (KIF), as well as a three-time first-team all-state performer. He also lettered once in soccer.
ACADEMICS?He is interested in engineering or management as potential majors at Colorado. He was an honor roll member every quarter in high school, with his grade point average always at 3.5 or higher.
VITALS?Has 4.5 speed in the 40 and bench presses 245 pounds; he owns a 445-pound squat.
RECRUITING?He selected Colorado over Northwestern, Tennessee and Hawai’i.
PERSONAL?He was born January 16, 1986 in Kauai, Hawai’i. Hobbies include fishing and diving. His high school, Waimea, is the westernmost high school in the United States, on the island of Kauai, the furthest west of the populated islands in the Hawaiian chain.
(Last name is pronounced dizz-on)