Sam Hicks RB Abilene Christian 2025 Tropical Bowl

• Position Running Back
• Class Redshirt Senior
• Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 190
• Hometown Fort Worth, Tx.
• Highschool Nolan Catholic HS

2022- 2023 (Central Michigan)
 

• As a junior running back, saw action in all 12 games
• Listed as a backup running back and backup kickoff returner on the depth chart
• Rushed for 47 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries with a long 16 yards, caught four passes for 12 yards, returned 13 kickoffs for 241 yards (18.5 yards per return) with a long 26 yards 
• Ranked No. 7 on the team in all-purpose yardage (300 yards, 25.0 per game) 
• Returned two kickoffs for 34 yards in season finale vs. Toledo (11/24)
• Returned five kickoffs for 99 yards with a long of 24 at Ohio (11/15)
• Caught one pass for five yards, rushed one time for -1 yard at Western Michigan (11/7)
• Rushed two times for 15 yards and scored on a 16-yard touchdown run, the first of his career, returned two kickoffs for 33 yards vs. Northern Illinois (10/31)
• Rushed three times for 19 yards at Ball State (10/21)
• Rushed two times for eight yards, returned two kickoffs for 43 yards vs. Akron (10/14)
• Rushed two times for nine yards, caught a career-high three passes for seven yards in season opener at Michigan State (9/1).

2022

• As a sophomore wide receiver, saw action in all 12 games with one start as a wide receiver and on special teams
• Saw action in 144 plays on the year
• Listed as a backup wide receiver on the depth chart
• On year, returned seven kicks for 197 yards with a long of 50 yards, rushed one time for four yards,
• and caught one pass for eight yards
• averaged 28.1 yards per kickoff return
• Returned three kickoffs for 79 yards with a career long of 50 yards in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25)
• Returned one kickoff for 23 yards vs. Buffalo (11/9)
• Had first career run for four yards and returned one kickoff for 19 yards at Northern Illinois (11/2)
• Returned one kickoff for 35 yards vs. Bowling Green (10/22)
• Caught first career pass for eight yards and returned a kickoff for 41 yards in first career start vs. Bucknell (9/17)
• Saw first career game action in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).

2021 at Saddleback Junior College

• Played in 10 games at wide receiver
• Caught 40 passes for 432 yards with four touchdowns
• Averaged 43.2 yards receiving per game
• Averaged 10.8 yards per catch.

2020 at Southwestern Oklahoma State

• Focused on academics at from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

High School

• A 2019 graduate of Nolan Catholic High School (Texas)
• Rushed for 178 yards on 31 carries (5.7 average), caught 24 passes for 261 yards (10.9 average) in 10 games
• Totaled 439 all-purpose yards as a senior.