It has been a couple of months since word broke that Dimarya Mixon was no longer a member of the Tennessee Volunteers football program. At the time, it was widely assumed that the talented defensive end would be moving to another stop as a graduate transfer and, on Monday, Mixon took to Twitter to announce his next destination.
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The soon-to-be senior will be heading to SMU to play for Chad Morris.
The future is bright next stop SMU pic.twitter.com/dHSfMkwUwt
— Dimarya Mixon (@Dmixon52) May 16, 2017
Mixon, who measures at 6'4 and 260 pounds, took the field on 12 different occasions for the Vols in 2016 and he contributed eight tackles and a sack. Through his three-year tenure in Knoxville, he was productive to the tune of 19 tackles in 37 games but Mixon was suspended for his final game in a Tennessee uniform (the Music City Bowl win over Nebraska) and that was the end of that.
At SMU, he will be eligible immediately and, given his stature as an SEC-caliber recruit and player, it is safe to assume that Dimarya Mixon will be a factor right away for the Mustangs. On the Tennessee front, this is a loss that was already expected and accounted for but it will be interesting to see how Mixon adjusts to life elsewhere for his final college season.
