Cataurus Hicks
Cataurus Hicks
Beats you over the top. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jeff Brohm and Pat Narduzzi. The receipt: 120 rec yds, 4 receptions against NC State — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 24 | 422 | 17.6 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 37 | 582 | 15.7 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 3 | -5 | 69 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | -5 | 69 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025
W 42–28
at Georgia Tech
-3 rush yds (1 car)
Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Pittsburgh
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Pittsburgh
Returning around him
- 75% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Pittsburgh player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (16 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #56 · 2026 recruiting class #44
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jsi Hatfield’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Trevor Wilson’s path through Kansas.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tychaun Chapman's junior season at Southern Miss (2025).
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Player DNA
Players who play like Cataurus Hicks
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+3736%
Up 3736% from first season to most-recent.
Background
2025: Enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh in January 2025 following his transfer from Louisville...had a career year for the Panthers, catching 24 passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns…in his Pitt debut, caught four passes for 55 yards and two touchdowns, including a one-handed score that...