Elijah Hicks: S · California · #3.
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Elijah Hicks
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fifth year in the California secondary. First career honor, 2021: All-Pac-12. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against UCLA — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | California | 72 | 49 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | California | 28 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | California | 42 | 27 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | California | 26 | 20 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | California | 38 | 28 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 206 | 142 | 14.5 | 3.0 | 14 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-22vs Nevada | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 32-34@ TCU | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Sacramento State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31@ Washington | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-21vs Washington State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ No. 9 Oregon | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 26-3vs Colorado | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 39-25vs Oregon State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-10@ Arizona | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-11@ Stanford | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ UCLA | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs USC | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 49 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFL72 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
5 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 26-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
49.1%
379 pass / 393 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
419 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #216 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at California, 206 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #254 overall by the Chicago Bears.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Justin Wilcox.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago BearsEntering 5th NFL season
Chicago BearsEntering 5th NFL season
