Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-42@ Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Davon Hicks
Senior linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 215 lb · Vero Beach, FL
CFB Index 23 · #480 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Georgia Southern for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
1
tackle · 2025
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, at Fresno State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2021.
- Transferred from Washington State to Georgia Southern in 2024.
Davon Hicks
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Davon Hicks has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Fresno State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
2021
- Signed with South Florida3-star out of Vero Beach
2023
- Entered the portal
20248 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Kevin Whitley
Georgia Southern
2024–2025
Georgia Southern
Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Whitley → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning
2024Georgia Southern8-5HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
2025Georgia Southern7-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Southern | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 43 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 33 | 20 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 80 | 45 | 4.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia Southern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Georgia Southern
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -1 net (17 in / 18 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Southern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #78 · 2026 recruiting class #89
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Tristan Sinclair’s 2022 season.
Matches Tristan on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Class year
Differs from Tristan on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Max DiDomenico's junior season at Army (2023).
Matches Max on
Class year
TFL rate
Solo tackle rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Davon Hicks
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology