#30

Charles Hicks

Former linebacker at Missouri. 2024: 33 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Missouri · Sr. · #30

6′1″ · 230 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 43 · #343 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceMissouri 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former linebacker at Missouri. 2024: 33 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Transferred from Wyoming to Missouri in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Missouri, 117 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2022

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

Barry Odom

Missouri

2020

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

era →

2023–2024

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Wyoming8-5HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2020Wyoming2-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2024Missouri10-3HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #343 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#682 / 2892 · 75th pct

4.5

Tackles#1219 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1748 / 2892 · 37th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.1
Road4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #343 of 571 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Missouri	33	12	4.5	2.0	1	--	--
2023	Missouri	53	27	11.0	2.0	1	--	--
2020	Wyoming	27	8	3.5	2.0	--	1	--
2019	Wyoming	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		117	50	19.0	6.0	2	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Murray State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-0vs Buffalo	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-21vs Boston College	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 30-27vs Vanderbilt	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 6	L 10-41@ Texas A&M	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 45-3@ Massachusetts	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 21-17vs Auburn	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-34@ Alabama	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 30-23vs Oklahoma	2	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 39-20@ Mississippi State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 28-21vs Arkansas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		33	12	4.5	2.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Charles Hicks

2022

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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