2005: Served as the team's punter in all 11 games . . . punted 62 times for 2,370 yards (38.2 ypk) . . . had six punts of 50 yards or more . . . placed 19 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line . . . punted seven times for an average of 38.6 yards per kick at Baylor . . . averaged 43.8 yards on four punts at Eastern Illinois . . . punted six times for an average of 40.2 yards per kick at Eastern Kentucky . . . placed four of five punts inside the 20-yard line, and averaged 41.8 yards per punt against Murray State . . . placed five punts inside the 20-yard line at Tennessee-Martin . . . averaged 40.7 yards per punt at Tennessee Tech.

2004: Punted 63 times for 2,648 yards, an average of 42.0 yards per kick . . . had a long kick of 60 yards . . . punted four times for an average of 42.0 yards in the season opener against West Alabama . . . punted seven times for an average of 40.7 yards per kick at Georgia Tech . . . averaged 44.5 yards per kick in six tries against Furman . . . punted five times for an average of 41.2 yards versus Eastern Kentucky . . . averaged 44.2 yards on six kicks against Tennessee Tech . . . averaged 44.7 yards on 11 punts at Jacksonville State.

2003: Became the team's main punter in the sixth game of the season . . . punted 25 times for an average of 42.0 yards per punt . . . placed 11 of his 25 kicks inside the 20-yard line . . . had four kicks over 50 yards . . . named OVC Specialist of the Week in his first week as the team's main punter . . . punted eight times for an average of 42.1 yards per kick in his collegiate debut against Murray State . . . had five punts for an average of 45.8 yards against Tennessee State . . . punted three times for an average of 45.3 yards against Jacksonville State . . . punted five times, averaging 40.6 yards per kick at Eastern Illinois.

High School: Connected on 9-of-13 field goals and 43-of-46 PATs as a senior . . . averaged 42.7 yards per punt with a long of 73 yards . . . had seven kicks downed inside the 20-yard line . . . 42 of his 62 kickoffs were touchbacks . . . named to the Chattanooga Free Press first team . . . earned All-North Georgia offensive honors . . . named to the Rome News Tribune All-Area first team, Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-State AA first team and Georgia Sports Writers All- State AA team as a punter . . . set Calhoun High School records for most touchbacks in a season (42), longest field goal (49 yards) and longest punt (73 yards).

Personal: Born Sept. 9 . . . son of Michael and Krista Hicks . . . majoring in prebusiness.