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Middle Linebacker
6-0 · 235
Dallas, Texas (Lake Highlands HS)
#55
A five-year linebacker who played in 42 career contests (started 12) including two bowl games (1997 Fiesta Bowl; 2000 Cotton Bowl) ... missed end of 1998 season and beginning of 1999 campaign after suffering a serious knee injury ... 1999 UT Frank Medina Rehabilitation Award ... 1998 UT Most Improved Defensive Player ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll and Big 12 Commissioner's List (spring '97/spring '98).
SENIOR (1999)
Saw action in 13 games, including the Cotton Bowl ... missed the season-opener vs. North Carolina State with a knee injury ... posted four tackles against Stanford ... recorded two tackles against Rice ... posted three tackles, a QB pressure and a fumble recovery against Baylor ... had one solo tackle and a sack against the No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats ... posted three tackles against Oklahoma ... recorded three tackles, including one tackle for loss and two QB pressures against No. 3 Nebraska ... participated in the 34-21 victory over Oklahoma State ... posted two tackles, a QB pressure and a pass breakup in the 58-7 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders ... saw action at No. 24 Texas A&M ... recorded one tackle in the Big 12 Championship against No. 3 Nebraska.
JUNIOR (1998)
Played in 10 games, started seven, before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Texas Tech ... named the team's Most Improved Defensive Player ... tallied 53 total tackles (34 solo) on the season ... also registered three sacks (-17 yards) and six tackles for a loss (-24 yards) ... had a career-best game at No. 7 Nebraska, posting a team-high 13 tackles, two sacks, five TFLs, two QB pressures and causing a fumble to help the Longhorns score a 20-16 win over the Huskers and snap Nebraska's 47-game home winning streak ... recorded his first 10-tackle effort of the year in his first start of the season against Rice ... had seven stops vs. Baylor ... posted six tackles vs. Oklahoma State ... had five tackles, a TFL and two pass breakups in his final game of the year (at Texas Tech).
SOPHOMORE (1997)
Played in all 11 games and started five ... was eighth on the team in tackles with 47 (19 solo) ... had 39 of his 47 tackles in his final six games ... also had a sack, two TFLs (-6 yards), a pass breakup, one caused fumble and one fumble recovery ... had seven tackles, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble in his first career start at Missouri ... turned in a season-high 12 stops at Baylor ... posted eight tackles vs. Colorado and vs. Texas Tech.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (1996)
Played in seven games at inside linebacker ... posted 17 tackles on the season ... had seven tackles in the first two games ... added a season-high six stops in UT's victory over Oklahoma State ... redshirted in 1995.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Mike Zoffuto at Lake Highlands High ... tabbed Defensive MVP as a senior ... had 169 tackles and four sacks that year.
PERSONAL
Born 11/22/76 ... majored in speech/corporate communications ... full name is Anthony Jerome Hicks ... earned a spot on the Athletics Director's Honor Roll and Big 12 Commissioner's List in the spring of '97 and the spring of '98.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QB-P INT PBU FC FR High
1999 12/0 19 (12) 1 (-13) 2 (-14) 9 0 1 0 1 4/Stanf.
1998 10/7 53 (34) 3 (-17) 6 (-24) 4 0 4 1 1 13/Neb.
1997 11/5 47 (19) 1 (-4) 2 (-6) 0 0 1 1 1 12/Bay.
1996 7/0 17 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6/OSU
1995 Redshirt
Career 40/12 136 (69) 5 (-34) 10 (-44) 13 0 6 3 3 13/Neb.
High Games
Tackles: 13 at Nebraska (Jr.)
Sacks: 2 at Nebraska (Jr.)
Tackles for a Loss: 5 at Nebraska (Jr.)
10-Tackle Games: 3 (13 at Nebraska, Jr.; 12 vs. Baylor, So.; 10 vs. Rice, Jr.)
