Dixon continues to shine on and off the field

Outlaws signal caller continues to put up big numbers on and off the field

*** Editors Note: with an average performance in the cancelled May 23rd game against the Wild, Dixon would now have a total of 58 touchdown passes, just one less than he had through the first 12 games last season***

With just two weeks remaining in the regular season for the Billings Outlaws, two-time reining league MVP quarterback Chris Dixon is second in the league, behind Richmond quarterback Bryan Randall (54) with 52 touchdowns passes -- not far off last year's pace when he threw for 69 scores during a 14-game regular season.

This season however, Dixon and the Outlaws have been shorted a game and will only have 13 "official" games to compile stats in an attempt to rank among the league leaders.

The Outlaws May 23rd game in Anchorage against the Alaska Wild resulted in a forfeit win for the 10-2 Outlaws after the Wild decided they could not cover the Outlaws travel costs, something league rules require the Alaska teams to do.

In three career games against the Anchorage-based team, Dixon has throw 18 touchdown passes --including a seven touchdown performance in week seven earlier this season -- while completing 54-of-64 passes for 602 yards.

Dixon won IFL offensive player of the week for his performance against the Colorado Ice in week six, but it's the award he received off the field that left a bigger impact on the two-time indoor champion.

Dixon was named the Breakfast Exchange Clubs 2010 Golden Deeds Winner early last month for his work in the community.

"It's nice to lead the league in those categories and stuff," Dixon said recently. "But ultimately it boils down to being a winner on and off the field."

Not only has the 6-0, 195 pound quarterback put up big numbers on the field this season but he is also the founder of the Chris Dixon Foundation for Kids and the Mighty Mite Football League, which he established during the summer of 2007 to provide young kids with a role model, something Chris lacked at times growing up in Oakland.

The purpose of CDFK and MMFL is to provide children in the Billings area with a positive place to go and to look up to as they become older.

"I started CDFK wanting to be a role model in the community, and trying to provide young kids with the same opportunities I had," Dixon told the Billings Gazette in a June 2009n story. "It has turned into a true foundation...bigger than anything I could have imagined. We've done Christmas dinners and gifts, and Thanksgiving dinners, just a lot of stuff to make kids who don't have a lot smile."

Growing up in California, Dixon lived in areas plagued with gangs and drugs and also battled an up-and-down relationship with his father, before his parents divorced when Chris was seven.

"My dad was heavy into drugs when I was young, which was real hard on me, I always wanted to be with him and around him," Dixon said of his relationship with his dad.

While making Billings his permanent home since joining the Outlaws, Dixon who is father to two boys, Chrishon and Donivan, has worked as a youth counselor, transported students from the Lincoln Center during the school and now works at the Billings Sportsplex and gets many youngsters showing up in his office each day.

"I meet with a lot of kids at the Sportsplex. A lot of them come here and just ask, 'Hey Chris, can I talk to you, I need some advice' and stuff like that," Dixon said with his familiar smile. "I just want them to know that I have experienced a lot of the same things they have and I am more than happy to help them."

No matter what the postseason awards say, Dixon will always be this communities MVP.