Ben Hicks

#6 · QB · Sr. · Arkansas6′1″ · 217 lb · Waco, TX

Ben Hicks: QB · Arkansas · #6.

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Ben Hicks

QB · Arkansas · Sr · #6

Operates within the system without forcing anything. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Chad Morris and Sonny Dykes. A game that shows it: 188 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Texas A&M — Week 5, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Arkansas in the news

Ahmad Hardy cleared to practiceOct 25
WR Chris Marshall out second halfYahoo Sports Oct 18
Azle standout Tyler Ulrich dies after injury during Arkansas gameNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Arkansas	65	137	47.4%	738	5.4	2	2	94.6	25
2018	SMU	207	370	55.9%	2,567	6.9	19	6	127.9	36
2017	SMU	276	472	58.5%	3,569	7.6	33	12	140.0	45
2016	SMU	234	422	55.5%	2,930	6.9	19	15	121.5	38
Career		782	1,401	55.8%	9,804	7.0	73	35	126.8	38

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas	21	10	0.5	0	17
2018	SMU	44	−61	−1.4	0	51
2017	SMU	54	47	0.9	1	25
2016	SMU	41	−83	−2.0	2	15
Career		160	−87	−0.5	3	51

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs Portland State	14/29	143	0	0	4.9	59.2
Wk 2	L 17-31@ Ole Miss	7/16	98	0	0	6.1	23.7
Wk 5	L 27-31vs No. 23 Texas A&M	15/27	188	1	0	7.0	57.8	Season-high 188 yds
Wk 7	L 20-24@ Kentucky	5/8	81	0	0	10.1	49.0
Wk 8	L 10-51vs No. 11 Auburn	19/39	182	1	1	4.7	12.2
Wk 10	L 24-54vs Mississippi State	4/13	44	0	1	3.4	—
Wk 14	L 14-24vs Missouri	1/5	2	0	0	0.4	—
Total		65/137	738	2	2	5.4	—

Signature game

Week 5 · 2019

L 27-31

vs Texas A&M · neutral site

188 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.8

With S. Loy — 38.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 45 long · T. Burks — 4 rec · 58 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA −7.01Ben Hicks pass intercepted for a TD Marcus Murphy return for 32 yds for a TD (Jace Christmann KICK)
Week 2 · Ole Miss · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +4.49Ben Hicks pass complete to Trey Knox for 49 yds to the Miss 28 for a
Week 8 · Auburn · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Hicks to O'Grady: a 45-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Ben Hicks pass complete to Treylon Burks for 31 yds to the TexAM 49 for a
Week 2 · Ole Miss · 2nd and 18 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Ben Hicks pass complete to Mike Woods for 30 yds to the Miss 21 for a
Week 8 · Auburn · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.16Ben Hicks pass complete to Treylon Burks for 8 yds to the ARKANSAS 44 for a AUBURN Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Daniel Thomas) to the Aub 29 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Portland State · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Ben Hicks pass complete to Treylon Burks for 20 yds to the PrtSt 49 for a
Week 5 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Ben Hicks pass complete to Cheyenne O'Grady for 23 yds to the TexAM 42 for a
Week 8 · Auburn · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Ben Hicks pass complete to Treylon Burks for 13 yds to the Aub 49 for a
Week 1 · Portland State · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Ben Hicks pass complete to Tyson Morris for 15 yds to the PrtSt 34 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

65/137 (47.4%) · 2 TD · 2 INT

136 of 137 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 136 passing plays (64 completions) against the box score's 137 attempts (65 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.31178 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

6.8%126 of 205 QBs

Sacked on 6.8% of dropbacks (126 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (178 of 205).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

53%of completions

34 comp4.5 yds avg

Middle

10–19 yds

33%of completions

21 comp14.3 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

14%of completions

9 comp26.7 yds avg

Overall 47.4% completion on 137 attempts · 9 deep completions averaging 26.7 yds.

Teams and coaches

2016SMU5-7HC: Chad Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

2017SMU7-6HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

2018SMU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

2019Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (83rd percentile). Strength: interceptions (91st percentile). Concern: success rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#33 / 189 · 83rd pct

1.5%

Sack rate#115 / 189 · 39th pct

6.8%

Explosive rate#164 / 189 · 13th pct

6.6%

EPA / dropback#165 / 189 · 13th pct

0.02

Success rate#171 / 189 · 9th pct

31.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#6 / 177 · 91st pct

Fumbles lost#66 / 166 · 47th pct

Rush yards#132 / 177 · 26th pct

Pass yards#157 / 177 · 12th pct

738

Rush TDs#142 / 177 · 10th pct

Pass TDs#167 / 177 · 5th pct

Yards / att#169 / 177 · 5th pct

5.4

Completion %#170 / 177 · 4th pct

47.4%

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

28th → 13th percentile

Success rate

30th → 9th percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 13th percentile

Sack rate

44th → 39th percentile

Interception rate

73rd → 83rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2019 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 142 dropbacks

25Zeitgeist Passer Rating131st of 140 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 94.6 138th of 140 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

35.7%4th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.365th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

7.5%35th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (4 of 146 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	92.8	0.2	3.4	0.5
Road2g	89.5	0.0	8.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	128	0.2	7.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	76.0	0.3	2.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Chad Morris

Pass share

52.3%

406 pass / 370 run

Plays / game

64.7

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

137 pass attempts and 21 carries in 7 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ben Hicks

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

137 pass attempts and 21 carries in 7 games

Five seasons, two schools