Player Dossier

2018-2021

Wisconsin

Faion Hicks

CB • 5'10" • 194 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Faion Hicks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.3

Efficiency

19.3

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

14.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Faion Hicks, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason · Wisconsin. Faion Hicks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Faion Hicks played CB for Wisconsin. Across 4 tracked seasons, Faion Hicks recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Wisconsin paired 4 primary output with 18.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

19.3

Usage

2.3

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Notre Dame: 4. Michigan: 2. Army: 0. Purdue: 0. Iowa: 1. Rutgers: 0. Northwestern: 1. Nebraska: 0. Minnesota: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Notre Dame: 5 by 60.8. Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Army: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. Iowa: 1 by 14.2. Rutgers: 5 by 20.8. Northwestern: 0 by 10. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 4 · +1.2 vs Wins
First Half1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Notre Dame

Result
Sat 11/27@ MinnesotaL 13-2342000
Sat 11/20vs NebraskaW 35-2822000
Sat 11/13vs NorthwesternW 35-700001
Sat 11/6@ RutgersW 52-354000
Sat 10/30vs IowaW 27-711001
Sat 10/23@ PurdueW 30-1343000
Sun 10/17vs ArmyW 20-1411000
Sat 10/2vs MichiganL 17-3820002
Sat 9/25vs Notre DameL 13-4155004
Sat 9/4vs Penn StateL 10-1633000

Career Arc

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    Wisconsin

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin5174.6
2019 PostseasonWisconsin212.83.1-3
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin212.83.10
2020 PostseasonWisconsin418.82.52
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin418.82.50
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin819.32.34

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Notre Dame

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#2

Iowa

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.6 takeover score.

#3

Wake Forest

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#4

BYU

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

#5

Western Kentucky

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Postseason · Wisconsin

4 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage

22.1

#2

2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin

22.1

4 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

14.6

8 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8706

West Brook · Beaumont, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

105

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 38 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.