Waiting game ends for Dixon

The rented sedan was rolling toward the Eugene Airport at a quarter to noon Sunday when the driver got the news he'd been waiting for, fielding a phone call from the house he'd just left after a long, anxious morning.

So Dennis Dixon Sr. did what he figured any proud, elated father whose son had just been drafted would do: He whipped a U-turn on the Beltline Highway, put the pedal to the metal and rushed back to give his boy a prolonged, heartfelt hug.

"Oh, damn, I'm a Pittsburgh Steeler!" Dixon's jubilant son, Dennis, exclaimed shortly after his father's return. "It's a rush, and now I've got to go out there and do what I do."

"The door is opened!" Dixon Sr. yelled. "I've got goosebumps right now."

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