Cameran Dickson is no stranger to adapting to change.

Being a part of a military family, Dickson, a senior wide receiver at Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, has had his fair share of moving from place to place in short periods of time.

“I lived in Virginia when I was first born, then my mom got deployed…and then I moved to Tennessee to live with my grandma,” Dickson said. “And then I came back to Virginia Beach in second or third grade, and then I went back to Tennessee. In fourth or fifth grade, I went back to Virginia, and then I came here [Corpus Christi].”

Moving from place to place presented challenges, especially at such a young age. Fortunately, he did not have to adapt to change alone.

Dickson’s older brother, Johnny, was there with him along the way. The two grew especially close through the obstacles of having to adapt and readapt to their surroundings.

Ever since he was in fifth grade, Dickson and his family have been in Corpus Christi, and since then, he’s been around the Flour Bluff football program.

He and his classmates played junior high football together, and all made the move to varsity together. 

But Dickson’s freshman year will always be a year that he holds near and dear to his heart.

Not only was it the furthest Flour Bluff has advanced in the playoffs, as the Hornets made it to the 5A-Division 1 semifinals, but Dickson got to do it alongside both his brother and his cousin in their senior seasons.

“He really looked up to his brother and his cousin,” Flour Bluff head coach Clynt Elwood said. “His brother would always get onto him, making sure he wasn’t being tardy and passing his classes. So he really looked up to his brother…he was able to use him as an example.”

Just like his brother and cousin, Dickson’s senior year has been successful. The Hornets are 4-0 on the season thus far, out-scoring their opponents 203-39.

Of Flour Bluff’s four games this season, two have been shutouts, and they have not scored less than 40 points in a game.

“The season’s been really great this year,” Dickson said. “The 2025 class, we’ve been playing junior high, all the way up together. It’s been crazy this year.”

Dickson accredits the program’s success to his coaches. He appreciates how the staff wants to develop him and his teammates as men, not just football players.

The senior wide receiver embraced that mentality, becoming a leader of his team both on the field and off the field.

“Cameran was voted as a captain of our leadership program by his peers,” Elwood said. “We have the leadership program for football, and we have an all sports leadership program that every coach elects a player to be a part of.”

But that mindset carried over to Dickson’s decision on where to continue his football career.

On June 6, the three-star wide receiver made his commitment to Vanderbilt. He also held offers from Houston, TCU, North Texas and more.

An official visit on May 31 to Vanderbilt sold Dickson on the Commodores. But what really won him over was the similarities he saw between Vanderbilt’s coaching staff and his coaches at Flour Bluff.

“It really was the visit and meeting all the coaches. Down there, it’s not always just about football. They want to develop you as a man, too, just like my school. So when I went on the visit, it felt like I was already at home.”

Feeling at home was a feeling Dickson has had to grasp often throughout his life. But between the familiar faces and familiar places along the way, continuing to do that should be easy for him.