CAREER: Lettered two years at the University of Wyoming (2019-20) and three seasons at Mizzou (2021; 23-24) … 2024 team captain … two-time Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient (2022 & 2023) … in 48 career games (20 starts), registered 118 tackles, 19.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks, one INT, two PBUs, one caused fumble three fumble recoveries and two QB pressures … logged 2+ tackles in 24 contests and 5+ tackles 10 times, including a career-high nine stops against Florida (2023) … posted 1.0 TFL in 11 games, including a career-best 3.5 versus Arkansas (2023) … tallied 1.0+ sack in contests with Hawai’i (2.0; 2020), South Carolina (1.0; 2023); Arkansas (1.0; 2023); Vanderbilt (1.0; 2024), and Oklahoma (1.0; 2024) … secured one INT against Hawai’i in 2020 and returned it 47 yards … notched one PBU versus Georgia (2023) and Boston College (2024) … earned one caused fumble against Arkansas (2023) and one fumble recovery in contests with Nevada (2020), New Mexico (2020), and Tennessee (2023) … carded one QB pressure in two games against South Carolina (2023) and Ohio State (2023) … played 1,269 career snaps at Mizzou.
2024: Team captain ... saw action in 12 games, missing the Music City Bowl against Iowa … started six contests against Murray State, Buffalo, Boston College, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and Massachustts … logged 34 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.0 sacks and one PBU … carded 2+ tackles on 10 occasions and 4+ tackles five times, including a season-best five against Vanderbilt … posted 1.0+ TFL three times, including a season-high 2.0 in a contest with Oklahoma … registered 1.0 sack against Vanderbilt and Oklahoma … lone PBU occurred against Boston College … on the field for 299 snaps.
2023: SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection … saw action in all 13 games, making nine starts … did not start against South Dakota, Vanderbilt, LSU, and Kentucky … compiled 53 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, one PBU, two QB pressures, one fumble recovery and one caused fumble … finished second on the team in TFLs and fourth in tackles … carded 3+ tackles on nine occasions and 5+ tackles six times, including a season-best nine stop against Florida … logged 1.0+ TFL seven times, including a season-high 3.5 versus Arkansas … finished with 1.0 sack in two contests against South Carolina and Arkansas … lone PBU came against Georgia, while recorded one QB pressure versus South Carolina and Ohio State in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl … notched one forced fumble against Arkansas, while lone fumble recovery occurred versus Tennessee … on the field for 616 snaps.
2022: SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection … did not see game action due to injury.
2021: SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll selection … saw action in seven games against Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas and Army West Point … on the field for 354 snaps.
PRIOR TO MIZZOU: Three-year member (2018-19-20) and two-year letterwinner (2019-20) at Wyoming … played in 16 games (five starts), registering 31 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2.0 sacks, one INT and two fumble recoveries … carded 2+ tackles five times, including a career-high eight stops against Colorado State (2020) … registered a career-best 2.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks in a contest with Hawai’i (2020) … posted lone INT versus Hawai’i (2020) and returned it 47 yards … added one fumble recovery against Nevada (2020) and New Mexico (2020) … enrolled at Wyoming in January, 2018 … lettered three seasons at Lincoln under coach David Dunn … two-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … helped lead Lincoln to a 9-3 record and Eastern League conference title in 2017, including a quarterfinal showing of the CIF San Diego Section Football Championships … posted 157 tackles during senior season … recorded double-digit tackles in all but one game of final campaign, including a season-high 25 stops (18 solo) against Point Loma … registered 15+ tackles in five contests during senior season and also forced one fumble, recovered one fumble and blocked one punt during the year … named to the 2017 All-CIF San Diego Section Second Team Defense.
PERSONAL: Born April 13, 2000 … son of Brandee Hicks.
