DJ Hicks
Texas A&M Aggies
91
Elite

DJ Hicks

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Projected Starter

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DJ Hicks is the projected starter at DT for Texas A&M Aggies.

Senior · #5 · 6'3", 293 lbs

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Depth at DT · Texas A&M Aggies

  1. 1591DJ HicksStarter
  2. 29978Landon Rink
  3. 31178Brandon Davis-Swain

Texas A&M Starting Lineup

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The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Katy Paetow, ranked #7 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 26 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 3 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 90th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit5★ · #7 Natl3-Yr Total55 tackles · 5.5 sacksTeam Share5%Percentile90th
Katy, TX
Jersey
#5
Class
SR
Height
6'3"
Weight
293 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025266.53
2024172.51.5
20231211

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9970
National Rank
#7
High School
Katy Paetow
Hometown
Katy, TX

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated defense; 90th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 90% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top <1% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LMIZTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-6

Oct 3WARKTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-7

Sep 26LLSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-6

Sep 19LUKTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-21

Sep 12WASUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-20

Sep 5WMOSTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 50-0

DJ Hicks's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

26 tkl · 6.5 TFL · 3 sacks
Usage / Involvement63%
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