Kent Hicks

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
DB
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Prev School:
Culpepper HS (Virginia Tech)
Hometown:
Culpepper, Va.

Coaching Insight: Has tremendous speed and size …can play physical and provide a big play … will be looked upon to use his size and physicality … 2007 (R-Jr.): Saw playing time in 10 games and started eight contests during his first year with the program … ranked eighth on the squad with 43 total tackles … sixth on the team with 25 solo stops … third on the squad with three interceptions for 36 total interception return yards … tied for fifth on the team with three pass break-ups … also added two tackles for a loss of seven total yards … recorded an interception in his first game with the program against Tusculum … had a career day as he finished with 10 tackles, four solo and six assisted, against Shippensburg … four tackles and a pass break-up at William & Mary … five stops, including four solo tackles, and a pass break-up against Elon … six tackles, including four solo stops at Toledo … five tackles to go along with an interception with a six-yard return against Presbyterian … three stops, including two solo, and a 30-yard interception return against VMI … helped Liberty seal its Big South championship with a stellar performance of seven tackles, five solo and two assisted, to go along with a pass break-up against Gardner-Webb … Previous School: Transferred to Liberty from Virginia Tech in 2007 and practiced with the team during the spring session … was redshirted at Virginia Tech while working with the scout team in 2004 … was a member of the jayvee and scout team in 2005 at the rover position … earned Iron Hokie honors during spring workouts … Prep: Graduated from Culpeper High School … three-year letterwinner and starter ... saw time at safety, wide receiver, quarterback, tailback, punter and kick returner in his three years ... recorded 109 tackles, two interceptions, 291 yards rushing, three rushing TDs, 26 receptions, 505 yards receiving and six receiving touchdowns as a senior ... also had a 37.7-yard punting average in 2003 ... posted over 100 tackles in each of his three years ... finished with 18 career interceptions, including 10 as a junior, and an average of over 20 yards per punt return ... was an all-conference and all-region selection each of his three years ... was named all-state as a senior by the Associated Press and the High School Football Coaches Association ... earned defensive MVP honors for the West squad at the VHSCA All-Star game ... was his conference's Defensive Player of the Year ... an All-America and Mid-Atlantic all-region selection by SuperPrep who was rated as the fifth-best player in the state of Virginia and the 19th-best defensive back in the nation ... was a PrepStar All-American ... team went beyond the regional finals in two of his three years ... lettered two years in basketball ... Personal: Son of William and Clara Morton … birthday is on Dec. 12 … is a general studies major at Liberty.