#14

Ronnie Hickman

Senior safety for Ohio State. 2022: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

S · Ohio State · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 207 lb · Wayne, NJ

CFB Index 56 · #200 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceOhio State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 115 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Ohio State. 2022: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio State, 154 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2019

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of DePaul Catholic

202112 games

All-Big Tensecond

202211 games

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#115 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Ryan Day

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Ryan Day — 29-5 over that span.

2020Ohio State7-1HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #200 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles (80th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#166 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Tackles#528 / 2755 · 80th pct

Solo tackles#797 / 2755 · 70th pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1576 / 2755 · 39th pct

1.5

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.4
Road4g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.3	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

56 · #200 of 493 safeties

Former four-star. Now #200 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ohio State	51	24	1.5	0.0	6	1	--
2021	Ohio State	98	54	1.0	1.0	--	2	--
2020	Ohio State	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		154	80	2.5	1.0	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2022

W 44–31

at Penn State

6 TOT · 2 SOLO · 3 PD

Edged out Penn State on the road in a shootout.

With C. Stroud — 354 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.6 · 5 rush yds (6 car) · J. Mirco — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 21-10vs Notre Dame	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-12vs Arkansas State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 77-21vs Toledo	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 52-21vs Wisconsin	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 49-10vs Rutgers	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 49-20@ Michigan State	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 44-31@ Penn State	6	2	0.0	—	3
Wk 10	W 21-7@ Northwestern	10	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 11	W 56-14vs Indiana	2	1	1.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 43-30@ Maryland	7	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 23-45vs Michigan	3	2	0.5	—	1
Total		51	24	1.5	1	6

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