Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Wisconsin
Faion Hicks
CB • 5'10" • 194 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Faion Hicks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Faion Hicks built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Miami, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Faion Hicks' career was his defensive production: 105...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 232
- NFL Team
- Denver Broncos
Faion Hicks, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Faion Hicks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 105
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 16
Quick Answers
Faion Hicks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · CB
- Career Tackles
- 105
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · West Brook
- High school pipeline
- West Brook · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 7 · Pick 11 · Denver Broncos
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · CB 116th (top 30%) · Big Ten 163rd (top 26%) · National 1,557th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 11 | 33 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 30.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Wisconsin | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 10 | 27 | - | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 38.8 |
Related Context
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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: 2021 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 9 primary output with 20.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
20.3
Usage
2.6
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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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: 5. 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 70.8. 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 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · +1.4 vs Wins
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
70.8 vs Notre Dame
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | @ Minnesota | L 13-23 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Nebraska | W 35-28 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Northwestern | W 35-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Rutgers | W 52-3 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Iowa | W 27-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Purdue | W 30-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/17 | vs Army | W 20-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs MichiganSplash game | L 17-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Notre DameSplash game | L 13-41 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Penn State | L 10-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Faion Hicks story
Faion Hicks built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Miami, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Faion Hicks' career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 16 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Faion Hicks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Wisconsin
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 5 | 17 | 4.3 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Wisconsin | 2 | 12.8 | 3.1 | -3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 4 | 18.8 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 4 | 18.8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 9 | 20.3 | 2.6 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa
Week 4 · W 28-17 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Notre Dame
Week 4 · L 13-41
5
Havoc Plays
75.5 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 13 · W 45-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Kentucky
Week 1 · W 34-3
1
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 3 · L 21-24
1
Havoc Plays
58 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
9 primary output · 20.3 efficiency · 2.6 usage
38.8
#2
2020 Postseason · Wisconsin
34.8
4 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
34.8
4 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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