Ja'von Hicks

Senior safety for Cincinnati. 2022: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

S · Cincinnati · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 210 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 69 · #99 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceCincinnati 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1499 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Cincinnati. 2022: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Cincinnati, 189 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20185 games

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Colerain

202213 games

The role got bigger.

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1499 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

Played his entire career under Luke Fickell.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 53-11 over that span.

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #99 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#42 / 811 · 90th pct

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Tackles#357 / 2755 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#797 / 2755 · 70th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road7g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.1	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #99 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #99 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Cincinnati	60	24	1.0	5	3	--
2021	Cincinnati	56	31	2.0	3	2	--
2020	Cincinnati	13	9	1.0	2	--	--
2019	Cincinnati	50	33	0.5	1	5	--
2018	Cincinnati	10	4	0.0	--	--	--
Career		189	101	4.5	11	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 63–10

vs Kennesaw State

1 TD · 1 SOLO · 7 TOT

Dominant 53-point win at home against Kennesaw State.

With E. Prater — 92 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 44 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · B. Bryant — 201 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.9 · -14 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ Arkansas	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Kennesaw State	7	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 38-17@ Miami (OH)	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Indiana	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 31-21@ Tulsa	5	3	0.0	1	3
Wk 6	W 28-24vs South Florida	9	3	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 8	W 29-27@ SMU	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-25@ UCF	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-10vs Navy	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-25vs East Carolina	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 23-3@ Temple	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 24-27vs Tulane	8	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 7-24@ Louisville	0	0	0.0	1	1
Total		60	24	1.0	3	5

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