Antron Dwayne Dillon (born June 7, 1985) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

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who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the

University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes ...

and attended Independence High School in

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. He has also been a member of the

Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League a ...

Portland Thunder The Portland Steel were a professional arena football team based in Portland, Oregon and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team started as the Portland Thunder, joining the AFL in 2014 as an expansion team along with the Los Ange ...

, Los Angeles KISS,

Jacksonville Sharks The Jacksonville Sharks are a professional Indoor American football, indoor football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, playing their home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Beginning in 2017, the Sharks began play as charter members o ...

and

Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm were a professional arena football team based in Tampa, Florida, US. It played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally the team was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and operated as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. The f ...

Early life

Dillon attended Independence High School.

College career

In January 2003, Dillon committed to play football for the

Vanderbilt Commodores The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete at the National ...

. Dillon transferred to

Southwest Mississippi Community College Southwest Mississippi Community College is a public community college in Summit, Mississippi. History The college was officially started in 1908 as an agricultural high school. The Pike County Agricultural High School opened on September 3, 1918, ...

for two seasons, before transferring to

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. Dillon played with the Lions in 2007, then after a two-year gap, played again for the Lions in 2010.

Professional career

Arizona Rattlers

In October 2012, Dillon was assigned to the

on a two-year deal. Dillon helped the Rattlers to two ArenaBowl championships in 2013 and 2014.

Portland Thunder

Dillon was assigned to the

during the 2013 Expansion Draft.

Los Angeles KISS

In February 2015, Dillon was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS.

Jacksonville Sharks

In March 2016, Dillon was assigned to the

Tampa Bay Storm

On January 12, 2017, Dillon was assigned to the

. The Storm folded in December 2017.

Florida Tarpons

Dillon signed with the

Florida Tarpons The Florida Tarpons were a professional indoor football team based in Lakeland, Florida, out of the RP Funding Center. Originally established in Estero, Florida, and playing out of Germain Arena, they began play in 2012 as an expansion team of th ...

of the

American Arena League The American Arena League (AAL) is a professional indoor football minor league that began playing in 2018. The league was initiated by a merger between Arena Pro Football (APF) and the Can-Am Indoor Football League (Can-Am), although the AAL o ...

on January 22, 2018.

Atlantic City Blackjacks

On March 18, 2019, Dillon was assigned to the

Atlantic City Blackjacks The Atlantic City Blackjacks were a professional arena football team based in Atlantic City, New Jersey, that played in the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2019. History Home games were played at Boardwalk Hall. The team was operated by Trifecta ...

References

External links

Vanderbilt Commodores bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Antron Living people 1985 births Players of American football from Louisiana Sportspeople from Hammond, Louisiana American football defensive linemen Vanderbilt Commodores football players Southwest Mississippi Bears football players North Alabama Lions football players Arizona Rattlers players Portland Thunder players Los Angeles Kiss players Jacksonville Sharks players Tampa Bay Storm players Florida Tarpons players Atlantic City Blackjacks players