He went by Reese Waters two seasons ago, was listed at 6-foot-6 and wore No. 14.

This year: Reese Dixon-Waters, 6-5 and No. 39.

Same player, different person.

He has “shrunk” an inch as San Diego State, unlike most college programs, is listing players by their more accurate heights. But he hasn’t shrunk from the most difficult year of his career and of his life, having his refuge, “that escape,” ripped away by a stress fracture in the navicular bone of his right foot … take … forever … to … heal. The one-year anniversary of feeling a sharp pain and being shut down from practice was Wednesday.

It tested him as a player and as a man. He got through to the other side, healthy at last and, he believes, better for it.

“It most definitely was the toughest time in my life,” Dixon-Waters said

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