Editing Corey Dillon (section)

==College career==
Dillon played junior college football as a freshman at [[Garden City Broncbusters|Garden City Community College]] in [[Kansas]] and rushed for 1165 yards and 16 TDs in 1994. The following year, he played for [[Dixie State Red Storm|Dixie State College]] in [[St. George, Utah|St. George]], [[Utah]], and rushed for 1899 yards and 20 TDs in 279 attempts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://www.dixieathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=1&path=&kiosk=|website=dixieathletics.com|publisher=Dixie State Athletics|access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> Dillon was chosen JC Offensive Back of the Year by College Sports magazine.

At the [[University of Washington]] in Seattle, Dillon played one season of college football with the [[Washington Huskies football|Huskies]] in [[1996 Washington Huskies football team|1996]]. Known for using a very aggressive and punishing style of running, Dillon set the team all-time single-season records for rushing yards (1,695 yards) and [[touchdown]]s scored (24). In the first quarter against [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] in mid-November, Dillon rushed for 222 yards and caught an 83-yard touchdown pass, setting [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] records for both rushing yards and all-purpose yards (305) in one quarter.<ref name=qtoom>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-17-sp-221-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=A quarter of Dillon too much |agency=Associated Press |date=November 17, 1996 |access-date=May 21, 2014}}</ref> Dillon did not re-enter the game as the Huskies were comfortably ahead 25–0 by the end of the first quarter on a cold and rainy afternoon. The Dawgs led 43–3 at the half and won 53–10.<ref name=qtoom/>

In the [[1996 Holiday Bowl]] against [[1996 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]], Dillon rushed for 140 yards and added two more touchdowns to his regular-season total of 23. He scored five TDs in a 41–21 victory over [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]], earning ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' National Player of the Week honors as he rushed for 145 yards and added 53 yards in receptions.