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Ja'von Hicks

Cincinnati · Safety · 2018-22

TKL
189
INT
10
PD
11

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2018 to 2022, Hicks recorded 189 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss. In 2019, 2021 and 2022, Hicks also had 10 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 4th-highest safety rating at Cincinnati since 1990 and No. 95 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Season by Season

Ja'von Hicks season-by-season statistics at Cincinnati
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
201810000
2019500.515
202013120
202156232
202260153
Total1894.51110

Seasons with tracked stats at Cincinnati. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Cincinnati Teammates

  1. 90Sauce Gardner2019-21CB
  2. 90Ivan Pace Jr.2022LB
  3. 88Coby Bryant2017-21CB
  4. 83Desmond Ridder2017-21QB
  5. 80Bryan Cook2019-21S
  6. 80James Wiggins2016-20S
  7. 75Jared Bartlett2024LB
  8. 74Jarell White2017-20LB
  9. 74Jerome Ford2020-21RB
  10. 72Joel Dublanko2016-21LB

Full Cincinnati all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.