Jamal Hicks

Senior safety on Colorado State's 2019 roster.

S · Colorado State · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 200 lb · Gardena, CA

Colorado State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1399 nationally · Signed with Colorado State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Colorado State's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado State, 269 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20168 games

Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Narbonne

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1399 national

CFB

College

Colorado State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

Played his entire career under Mike Bobo.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Bobo — 21-29 over that span.

2016Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Run-leaning

2017Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced

2018Colorado State3-9HC: Mike Bobo · Pass-leaning

2019Colorado State4-8HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#16 / 2688 · 99th pct

117

Solo tackles#53 / 2688 · 98th pct

Passes defended#379 / 2688 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Sacks#741 / 2688 · 70th pct

1.5

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	11.2	0.3	0.0	0.7
Road6g	8.3	0.6	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.9	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	11.0	0.8	0.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Colorado State	117	59	5.5	1.5	4	--	--
2018	Colorado State	93	45	2.0	0.0	3	--	--
2017	Colorado State	34	26	0.0	0.0	--	2	--
2016	Colorado State	25	16	2.0	1.0	2	1	--
Career		269	146	9.5	2.5	9	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 38–13

vs Western Illinois

3 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against Western Illinois.

With C. Hill — 364 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.9 · -1 rush yds (4 car) · D. Wright — 33 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-52@ Colorado	13	11	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-13vs Western Illinois	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 34-55@ Arkansas	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 35-41vs Toledo	12	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 24-34@ Utah State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-24vs San Diego State	15	8	1.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 7	W 35-21@ New Mexico	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-31@ Fresno State	10	5	2.5	0.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 10	W 37-17vs UNLV	11	4	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	L 21-38vs Air Force	11	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 7-17@ Wyoming	8	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Boise State	15	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		117	59	5.5	1.5	—	4

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