DJ Hicks

DT · #5 · Texas A&M · SR · 6'3" · 293 · Katy, TX

Projected DT starter

8 2026 tackles

0.5 · 0 2026 sacks · TFL

0 2026 INT + PD

43 Career games (10 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD	FF
2026	Texas A&M	6	6	8	0.5	0	0	0	0
2025	Texas A&M	13	2	26	3	5	0	0	0
2024	Texas A&M	13	1	17	1.5	2	0	0	0
2023	Texas A&M	11	1	13	1	1	0	0	0

2026 Percentile vs DTs

Tackles per game 1.3 51

Havoc plays 1 34

INT + pass breakups 0 0

Forced fumbles 0 0

The situation

Texas A&M 2026 defense ›

Explosive rate allowed 12.7% 25

Line yards per carry allowed 2.8 29

Sack rate 3.2% 11

2026 Game log

Week	Opponent	Tkl	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD
W3	UK	1

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Five-star high school recruit

The 2023 board

#5

Dante Moore QB · Martin Luther King UCLA

#6 Caleb Downs S · Mill Creek ALA

#7

DJ Hicks DL · Katy Paetow TXAM

#8

Jackson Arnold QB · Denton Guyer OKLA

#9 Kadyn Proctor OT · Southeast Polk ALA

DLs in the class

#1 Mecca Carr-Bordeaux Pender

#2 Rion Roseborough John Paul II

#1

DJ Hicks Katy Paetow TXAM

#2

James Smith Carver Montgomery ALA

#3 Peter Woods Thompson CLEM

2026 · 34th pctile of DTs

Recruit · 100th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.