Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 20-70@ Georgia | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | Season-high 5 yds |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
#9
Kalib Hicks
Redshirt junior running back for Western Kentucky. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 220 lb · Denton, TX · Ryan HS
Transferred Oklahoma State → Western Kentucky for 2026
The numbers
5
rushing yards · 2026
2.5 per carry · 1 catches
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 5 rush yds, -3 rec yds, at Georgia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Western Kentucky. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2023.
- Transferred from Oklahoma State to Western Kentucky in 2026.
Kalib Hicks
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Brent Venables, Doug Meacham and Tyson Helton. One game to point at: 5 rush yds, 1 receptions against Georgia — Week 2, 2026.
5 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 2 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Oklahoma3-star out of Denton Ryan
20256 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Western Kentucky
Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Western Kentucky
2025Oklahoma State
2026Western Kentucky
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced
2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning
2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced
2026Western Kentucky0-2HC: Tyson Helton · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 5.0 YDS/g, 2.5 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 44 | 128 | 2.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 51 | 158 | 3.1 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Lewis’s 2022 season.
Matches Kobe on
Weight
Rush TD rate
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Differs from Kobe on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Parker Jenkins's junior season at East Carolina (2025).
Matches Parker on
Yards / carry
Weight
Differs from Parker on
Class year (lower)
Rush TD rate (lower)
EPA / carry (adj) (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Kalib Hicks
Background
Before WKU: Hicks joins WKU after one season at Oklahoma State, where he appeared in seven games and rushed for 128 yards on 44 attempts. His top performance came at Oregon on Sept. 6, when he rushed for 63 yards on 14 attempts. He spent two seasons at Oklahoma prior to his time with the Cowboys....
The backfield · Western Kentucky
- #3Ajay Allen497 rushing yards · 2025
- #9George Hart III300 rushing yards · 2025
- #9Kalib Hicks128 rushing yards · 2025
- #25Jaden McGill63 rushing yards · 2025
- #23Jalen Hampton27 rushing yards · 2025
6 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology