| Position: | Wide receiver |
| Number: | 84 |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Camilla, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lbs: | 191 |
| Draftyear: | 1980 |
| Draftround: | 4 |
| Draftpick: | 87 |
| High School: | Miami (FL) Carol City |
| College: | Oklahoma |
| Teams: | |
| Highlights: | |
| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 23 |
| Statlabel2: | Receptions |
| Statvalue2: | 6 |
| Statlabel3: | Receiving Yards |
| Statvalue3: | 105 |
| Pfr: | NixoFr20 |
Frederick Lenar Nixon (born September 22, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).
Nixon was born Frederick Lenar Nixon on September 22, 1958, in Camilla, Georgia, United States.[1] He attended Miami Carol City Senior High School in Miami Gardens, Florida.[2]
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Oklahoma.[3]
Nixon was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1980 NFL draft and played two seasons with the team. He returned for a third season, but was placed on the injured reserve list with a stress fracture of the foot on August 24, 1982, through the entire 1982 season.[4] The Packers released him on March 2, 1983.[5]
Nixon signed with the Oklahoma Outlaws of the USFL on October 11, 1983.[6] On January 26, 1984, while at training camp in Tampa, Florida he was hospitalized with heat exhaustion. Shortly after his illness, Nixon retired from the team.[7]
Nixon signed with the Orlando Renegades of the USFL in November 1984.[8]