Jordan Hicks was a two-time first-team all-state, all-county and all-district selection at linebacker and named an All-American selection by Parade, USA Today, and EA Sports.
37 Facts About Jordan Hicks
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Jordan Hicks played college football at Texas from 2010 to 2014 under head coach Mack Brown.
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Jordan Hicks played in every game in his freshman and sophomore seasons and was named honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year in 2010 and to the 2011 Academic All-Big 12 first team.
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Jordan Hicks started the first three games of his junior season at weakside linebacker, starting the season on the 2012 Lombardi Award watch list, but then missed the remainder of the season due to a hip injury.
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Jordan Hicks earned a medical redshirt to preserve a year of eligibility, and the following season, started the first four games at weakside linebacker before again suffering a season-ending injury, this time a ruptured left Achilles tendon.
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Jordan Hicks returned from the injury to start all 13 games in the 2014 season, while working on a master's degree, and earn second team All-America honors from Walter Camp and the FWAA, second team All-Big 12 honors and become a semifinalist for the 2014 Chuck Bednarik Award.
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Jordan Hicks was on the watch list for the 2014 Butkus Award, made the 2014 first team Academic All-Big 12 team and was named to the 2015 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
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On December 1,2014, it was announced that Jordan Hicks had accepted his invitation to play in the 2015 Senior Bowl.
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Jordan Hicks was one of 34 collegiate linebackers to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Jordan Hicks completed all of the combine drills and ran the 11th fastest 40-yard dash among all linebackers.
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Jordan Hicks finished with the third best vertical jump and broad jump among his position group.
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On March 24,2015, Jordan Hicks attended Texas' pro day, along with Malcom Brown, Quandre Diggs, Jaxon Shipley, Geoff Swaim, Cedric Reed, Mykkele Thompson, and ten other prospects.
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Jordan Hicks opted to stand on his combine numbers and only perform positional drills for NFL team representatives and scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended, including New England Patriots' defensive coordinator Matt Patricia.
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Jordan Hicks was ranked the fourth best outside linebacker in the draft by NFL analyst Charles Davis and the ninth best outside linebacker prospect by NFLDraftScout.
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Jordan Hicks made his first career tackle on Jason Witten after he caught a five-yard pass by quarterback Tony Romo in the second quarter, Jordan Hicks had the first sack and forced fumble of his career after he sacked Romo for an eight-yard loss in the third quarter and Fletcher Cox made the fumble recovery.
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Jordan Hicks earned more snaps on defense after linebackers Mychal Kendricks suffered a hamstring injury and Kiko Alonso injured his knee in first half of the game.
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On September 27,2015, Jordan Hicks earned his first career start due to injuries to Kendricks and Alonso.
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Jordan Hicks scored his first career touchdown after intercepting quarterback Matt Cassel and returning it 67 yards in the fourth quarter.
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On November 9,2015, the Philadelphia Eagles placed Jordan Hicks on injured reserve after it was discovered he suffered a torn pectoral.
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At the time of the injury, Jordan Hicks led the team in tackles.
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Jordan Hicks finished his rookie season with 50 combined tackles, three pass deflections, two interceptions, a sack, and a touchdown in eight games and five starts.
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Jordan Hicks entered training camp slated as the starting middle linebacker, but saw competition from veteran Stephen Tulloch.
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Head coach Doug Pederson named Jordan Hicks the starting middle linebacker to begin the regular season.
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Jordan Hicks finished the season with 85 combined tackles, 11 pass deflections, five interceptions, and one sack in 16 games and 16 starts.
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Jordan Hicks entered his second season under defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz as the returning starting middle linebacker after his stellar season in 2016.
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Jordan Hicks made his return from injury in week 1 against the Atlanta Falcons.
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Jordan Hicks made his return from the calf strain in week 16 against the Houston Texans.
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Jordan Hicks finished the season with 91 tackles, three sacks, one fumble recovery, and five pass deflections in 12 games started.
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Jordan Hicks made his playoff debut in the Wild Card Round against the Chicago Bears.
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On March 15,2019, Jordan Hicks signed with the Arizona Cardinals on a four-year, $36 million contract, with $20 million guaranteed and a $12 million signing bonus.
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Jordan Hicks made his debut with the Cardinals in week 1 of the season against the Detroit Lions.
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Jordan Hicks finished the season with 150 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, six pass deflections, and three interceptions in 16 games started.
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Jordan Hicks started all 17 games, leading the defense in snaps, finishing second on the team with 116 tackles, four sacks, five passes defensed, and a forced fumble.
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On March 9,2022, Jordan Hicks was released by the Cardinals.
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On March 15,2022, Jordan Hicks signed a two-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
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Jordan Hicks started all 17 games for the division-champion Vikings, and recorded the 2nd most tackles and passes deflected on the team.
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On March 13,2023, Jordan Hicks agreed to a restructured contract with the Minnesota Vikings.