Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ohio State
C.J. Hicks
LB • 6'3" • 243 lbs • Dayton, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
C.J. Hicks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
C.J. Hicks built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Dayton, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of C.J. Hicks' career was his defensive production: 42...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
C.J. Hicks, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State. C.J. Hicks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 42
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
C.J. Hicks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 42
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Archbishop Alter · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Archbishop Alter · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · LB 864th (top 68%) · Big Ten 423rd (top 54%) · National 3,396th (top 55%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 10 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 36.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring C.J. Hicks
C.J. Hicks played LB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, C.J. Hicks recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Ohio State paired 6 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Ohio State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.2
Usage
3.5
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Akron: 2. Western Michigan: 0. Marshall: 0. Michigan State: 1. Iowa: 0. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 2. Northwestern: 1. Indiana: 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. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 6 by 45. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 2 by 18.3. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 4 by 36.7. Northwestern: 1 by 14.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0 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
Akron
Best efficiency game
45 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/22 | vs Tennessee | W 42-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Indiana | W 38-15 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Northwestern | W 31-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs PurdueSplash game | W 45-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Penn State | W 20-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Iowa | W 35-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Michigan State | W 38-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Marshall | W 49-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Western Michigan | W 56-0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs AkronSplash game | W 52-6 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
C.J. Hicks story
C.J. Hicks built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Dayton, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of C.J. Hicks' career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives C.J. Hicks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ohio State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 6 | 15.2 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 6 | 15.2 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 15 | 4 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 1 · W 52-6
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Purdue
Week 11 · W 45-0 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Michigan State
Week 11 · W 38-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Grambling
Week 2 · W 70-0
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 84 Ohio
Week 3 · W 37-9
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Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Ohio State
6 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage
39.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
39.5
6 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Ohio State
37.8
0 primary · 5 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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