Former nose tackle at Tulane. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 287 lb · Savannah, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1968 nationally · Signed with Tulane
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former nose tackle at Tulane. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Eric Hicks
Wins his gap play after play. Eric Hicks has been at Tulane through three head coaches in six seasons. The receipt: 2 tackles against Louisiana — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Tulane, 99 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 41–33
at Louisiana
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.
With R. Pleasant — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT · M. Hughes — 166 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 19-34@ Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-33@ Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 71-20@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-10vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-0@ Navy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-34vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 8-33@ Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Eric Hicks’s 2021 season.
Matches Eric on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jackson Luttrell's graduate season at Jacksonville State (2023).
Matches Jackson on
Player DNA