Last confirmed: Liberty, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′8″ · 190 lb · Lynchburg, VA
Frankie Hickson: RB · Liberty · #23.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Frankie Hickson
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Frankie Hickson has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Liberty. A game that shows it: 196 rushing yards and 4 rushing TD against New Mexico State — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 18.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.8% of his carries. 5 carries for 6 yds vs Hampton; 29 for 196 vs New Mexico State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
46.5% of carries overall (187/402) → 31.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/85) — 70.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (91.7%). 9 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (34.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-24vs No. 22 Syracuse | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-35@ Louisiana | 18 | 133 | 7.4 | 1 | 66 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-17vs Buffalo | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 62-27vs Hampton | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-10vs New Mexico | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-13@ New Mexico State | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-44vs Maine | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-44@ Rutgers | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 10 | W 63-21@ Massachusetts | 14 | 99 | 7.1 | 3 | 32 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31@ BYU | 16 | 79 | 4.9 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-55@ Virginia | 15 | 88 | 5.9 | 1 | 33 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-28vs New Mexico State | 29 | 196 | 6.8 | 4 | 24 | Season-high 196 yds |
 Bowl | W 23-16@ Georgia Southern | 22 | 120 | 5.5 | 0 | 35 | |
| Total | 187 | 1041 | 5.6 | 12 | 66 |
Week 14 · 2019
W 49-28
196 rush yds (29 car) · 4 TD
Dominant 21-point win at home against New Mexico State.
With J. Mack — 118 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · S. Calvert — 169 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
53%165 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.6 yds/carry on 187 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 53% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 68.2 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 85.3 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 62.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 100 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
51.7%
451 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
67.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
486 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
187 carries and 11 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Liberty, 2,073 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Turner Gill → Hugh Freeze. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
