Brandon Hicks

Height:
6-2
Weight:
260
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fairborn, Ohio
High School:
Fairborn

2001: Named MAC Defensive Player of the Year and fourth team All-American by the Sporting News... consensus first-team All-MAC ...Vern Smith Award nominee... team MVP...played in the East West Shrine Game and at the Rotary Gridiron Classic in Florida...had 52 tackles, including 14 for a loss...had seven sacks...had nine QB hurries and a safety...finished as active career leader in sacks (20) and TFL[apos]s (43)...had 177 career tackles...had six stops against Northwestern...had four TFL[apos]s and two sacks against Miami...notched a safety against Akron...tied a career-high with three sacks against Marshall...scored his second career TD with a 31-yard interception return against Temple...earned East Division Player of the Week...also had two sacks among his seven tackles...had four tackles, a QB hurry, and a pass deflection at Missouri.

2000: Started all 11 games at nose tackle ... the Falcon nominee for the Vern Smith Award ... named first-team All-MAC by The Sporting News and second-team all-league by the coaches ... led team in sacks with 7.5 and tackles-for-loss with 14 ... both figures ranked him among the MAC leaders ... had a career-high three sacks against Pittsburgh ... blocked two kicks against Kent State ... had a season-high seven tackles against Toledo and Temple ... named defensive MVP against Pittsburgh.

1999: Started all but one game for the Brown and Orange ... led the team in both sacks (four) and tackles behind the line of scrimmage (12) ... was third on the team in tackles with a total of 53 ... had seven tackles in the Central Florida game ... also recorded seven tackles in the night game against arch-rival Toledo ... had a sack at UCF ... had two sacks in the previous game against Ball State ... also recovered a fumble and returned the ball 20 yards against BSU.

1998: Played in all 11 games and started twice at nose guard ... starts came in the Akron and Northern Illinois contests ... as the season progressed he played more and more each game ... had at least one tackle in every game except the Toledo contest ... had a high of six stops against Akron.

1997: Redshirted.

At Fairborn H.S.: Was a three-year starter for Coach Tony Rulli at defensive end ... also played fullback ... helped team to a 5-5 record as a senior earning second-team Division I all-state honors ... was also a first-team district and Western Ohio League selection ... was credited with 17 sacks and 71 tackles ... was a first-team all-league selection his junior year as team posted a 6-4 record ... was honorable mention all-league as a sophomore. Personal: An interior design major ... son of the late Doris Brewster and George Hicks ... born Nov. 17, 1977.

Hicks[apos] Career Scorecard

Year    Solo    Ast.   Total     TFL    Sacks    PBU     FR
2001      31      21      52    14/78     7.5      2      1
2000      30      17      47    14/78     7.5      1      1
1999      36      17      53    12/57      4       0      1
1998      15       9      24     3/15      1       0      0
Career    112     65     177    43/228    20       3      3