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80Overall
RBBig Ten

Skip Hicks

UCLA · Running Back · 1993-97

SPD
81
ELU
82
PWR
75

Game attribute ratings

Scouting Report

Hicks was a first-team All-American on at least one selector's team in 1997 and a first-team all-conference pick in 1997.

In the UCLA record book, Hicks ranks No. 1 in career rushing touchdowns and No. 8 in career rushing yards. Hicks's 1997 season ranks No. 1 in program history for rushing touchdowns.

Hicks was the No. 69 overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 80 overall, the 2nd-highest running back rating at UCLA since 1990 and No. 22 among all running backs of the 1995-1999 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 1996
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 1997
    • First-team All-American
    • First-team all-conference
  3. 1998
    • No. 69 overall pick, NFL Draft

UCLA Record Book

  • No. 1 in career rushing touchdowns
  • No. 8 in career rushing yards
  • No. 1 in single-season rushing touchdowns (1997)
  • No. 10 in single-season rushing yards (1997)

Top-10 entries in the program's career and single-season lists.

UCLA Teammates

  1. 91Cade McNown1995-98QB
  2. 86Freddie Mitchell1998-2000WR
  3. 80Kevin Jordan1992-95WR
  4. 74Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar1992-95RB
  5. 74Donnie Edwards1992-95LB
  6. 74Larry Atkins1995-98LB
  7. 74Shaun Williams1997S
  8. 72Kenyon Coleman1998-2001EDGE
  9. 71Danny Farmer1996-99WR
  10. 70Abdul McCullough1996S

Full UCLA all-time roster

Top Running Backs of the 1995-1999 Era

  1. 96Ricky WilliamsTexas · 1995-98RB
  2. 95Eddie GeorgeOhio State · 1992-95RB
  3. 95Ron DayneWisconsin · 1996-99RB
  4. 91LaDainian TomlinsonTCU · 1997-2000RB
  5. 91Troy DavisIowa State · 1994-96RB
  6. 90Byron HanspardTexas Tech · 1994-96RB
  7. 88Darnell AutryNorthwestern · 1994-96RB
  8. 88David AllenKansas State · 1996-99RB

Best college running backs since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Skip Hicks) 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.