Jamal Hicks

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Position:
Safety
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Gardena, Calif.
High School:
Narbonne

Career Highs

Tackles: 15 - at Air Force, 11/22/18, vs. San Diego State, 10/5/19
TFLs: 2.5 - at Fresno State, 10/26/19
Sacks: 1.0 - vs. Idaho, 2016 (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl; Boise)
INTs: 2 - vs. Abilene Christian, 2017

2019 (Sr.) | 12/12: First-team All-Mountain West selection. … Led team with 117 tackles, becoming the first CSU secondary player to have at least 100 in the past four decades. … He had 15 tackles vs. San Diego State and vs. Boise State to match a career-best. … Finished with seven double-digit tackle games. … Notched a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss at Fresno State.

2018 (Junior): Played in all 12 games and started 9 ... ranked third on the team with 93 tackles (45 solo), including 2.0 TFL, and added 1 forced fumble, 3 pass breakups and 1 quarterback hurry ... logged double figures in tackles in four games (15, 12, 10 and 10).

Recorded 10 tackles (6 solo, 4 assisted) in season opener against Hawai'i (Aug. 25).
Led the Rams in tackles with 10 (7 solo, 3 assists) and recorded a tackle for loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup vs. Illinois State (Sept. 22) ... also had solo tackles on two third-down stops.
Recorded an assisted tackle for loss,12 tackles overall and a QB hurry vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26).
Had career-high 15 tackles in season finale against Air Force on Thanksgiving (Nov. 22).

2017 (Sophomore): Played in eight games and started four, recording 33 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble... Suffered a season-ending arm injury at New Mexico (Oct. 20).

Recorded six tackles and forced a fumble in the season-opening win over Oregon State (Aug. 26).
Intercepted two passes in the win over Abilene Christian (Sept. 1).
Tallied a career-high-tying six tackles in the win at Hawai'i (Sept. 30).

2016 (Freshman): Played in nine games and started five, recording 25 tackles, an interception, 1.0 sacks and two pass breakups... Became the first CSU true freshman to record an interception since Jasen Oden, Jr. in 2012.

Recorded two tackles and a pass breakup in his first game at safety, a win over Utah State (Oct. 8).
In his first career start (at Boise State, Oct. 15), recorded six tackles, including five solo.
Logged five tackles, including his first career tackle for loss, in a shutout win over Fresno State (Nov. 5).
Recorded his first career interception in a win at San Diego State (Nov. 26).

High School:

A 2016 graduate of Narbonne High School in Harbor City, Calif.
Earned first-team All-Marine League honors in 2015.
Finished his high school career with 157 tackles and eight interceptions.
As a senior in 2015, recorded 99 tackles, four interceptions and 32 passes defended... Also returned two interceptions for touchdowns, in addition to a punt-return score.
Helped Narbonne to a 14-2 record in 2015 and its first CIF state title in school history.
Narbonne won a Marine League title all four seasons.
On the basketball court, was a 2015 all-area player... Averaged 10.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game as a junior... Three-time team captain... Three-time all-city selection, including the first team in 2015.
Honor roll student with a 3.4 grade-point average.
Rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN, 247 Sports and Rivals.
Committed to CSU over reported offers from Nevada, Fresno State, UNLV, Hawaii and San Jose State.

Personal: Born March 8, 1998 in Gardena, Calif. ... parents are James and Helen Hicks ... father played football at the Division II level ... has two older brothers, James and Devin, and two older sisters, Kiesha and Christina ... has a daughter, Kamilah ... undecided on a major.