Ronnie Hickman: S · Ohio State · #14.
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Ronnie Hickman
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons in the Ohio State secondary to date. All-Big Ten in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Northwestern — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
Eleven Warriors Oct 29Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-10vs No. 5 Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-12vs Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 77-21vs Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-21vs Wisconsin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-10vs Rutgers | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-20@ Michigan State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-31@ No. 13 Penn State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-7@ Northwestern | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 56-14vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 43-30@ Maryland | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-45vs No. 3 Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 51 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
Week 9 · 2022
W 44-31
at Penn State
6 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 2 solo tackles
Edged out Penn State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL51 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Ryan Day — 29-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.3%
409 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #200 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 154 tackles — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ryan Day.
