Skip Hicks

Skip Hicks
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Position: Halfback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1974-10-13) October 13, 1974
Place of birth: Corsicana, Texas
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school: Burkburnett (TX)
College: UCLA
NFL draft: 1998 / Round: 3 / Pick: 69
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • UCLA All-American
  • Set Pac-10 Career Record for touchdowns scored 55
  • Pop Warner Trophy (1997)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 1,109
Average: 3.9
Touchdowns: 13
Player stats at NFL.com

Brian LaVell "Skip" Hicks (born October 13, 1974 in Corsicana, Texas) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. In his four seasons, Hicks played for the Washington Redskins[1] and the Tennessee Titans.[2] He played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles and still holds the school record for touchdowns in a season, with 26 in 1997, and career touchdowns, with 55 (1993–94, 96-97). He graduated from Burkburnett High School in Burkburnett, Texas in 1993.

Hicks also played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 2004, appearing in two games. The Argonauts went on to win the 92nd Grey Cup that year, but Hicks was not dressed for that game.

Post-playing career

In 2014, it was announced Hicks would serve as an assistant football coach at Oaks Christian School in California.

References

  1. "Redskins Starters Flex Muscles Against Browns". Free-Lance Star. 19 August 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. "Mcnair Hicks Pace Tennessee". Kentucky New Era. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2010.


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