Faion Hicks

Former cornerback at Wisconsin. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Wisconsin · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 194 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 30 · #250 of 321 cornersLow confidenceDenver — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 11, #232 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1471 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Wisconsin. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2017.
Drafted round 7 by the Denver in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wisconsin, 105 tackles — drafted at #232 overall by Denver.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2017

Signed with Wisconsin3-star out of Flanagan

2022

Drafted by Denverround 7, pick 232

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1471 national

CFB

College

Wisconsin

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #232

Denver · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

Played his entire career under Paul Chryst.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 5th NFL season

#232Rd 7 · Pick 11

DenverEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Paul Chryst — 31-16 over that span.

2018Wisconsin8-5HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2019Wisconsin10-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2020Wisconsin4-3HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #250 of 321?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#67 / 2743 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#1072 / 2743 · 60th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Tackles#1530 / 2743 · 43rd pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2340 / 2743 · 7th pct

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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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
Road3g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.8	0.0	0.0	1.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #250 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #250 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Wisconsin	27	21	0.0	8	--	--
2020	Wisconsin	13	10	0.0	4	--	--
2019	Wisconsin	32	26	1.0	1	--	--
2018	Wisconsin	33	27	1.0	3	1	--
Career		105	84	2.0	16	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-16vs Penn State	3	3	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-41vs Notre Dame	5	5	—	4	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 5	L 17-38vs Michigan	2	0	—	2
Wk 7	W 20-14vs Army	1	1	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-13@ Purdue	4	3	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-7vs Iowa	1	1	—	1
Wk 10	W 52-3@ Rutgers	5	4	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-7vs Northwestern	0	0	—	1
Wk 12	W 35-28vs Nebraska	2	2	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-23@ Minnesota	4	2	—	0
Total		27	21	—	8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Faion Hicks

2017

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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