Andrew Hicks

Position:
Punter/Kicker
Height:
5-11
Weight:
182
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Shawnee, Kan.
High School:
Mill Valley

CAREER HONORS
• 2018 First Team Academic All-Big 12

2019: Did not see any game action.

2018: Played in eight games, serving as both the team’s primary punter and kicker during portions of the season... Average 43.8 yards on 20 punts with four of 50 or more yards and five landing inside the opponent’s 20-yard line... Best game punting was at West Virginia when he averaged 49.0 yards on four punts with two spanning 50 or more yards... Had a career-long punt of 63 yards in the season opener against South Dakota... Was true on all six extra-point attempts, including a 4-for-4 game against Oklahoma State... Was 1-of-3 on the year on field goals with his connection coming from 31 yards out against the Cowboys... Averaged 54.6 yards on nine kickoffs... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2017: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Mill Valley under head coach Joel Applebee... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Kansas team as a senior in 2015 addition to first team all-state honors from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle after connecting on 6-of-10 field goal attempts, 70-of-71 extra-point attempts and totaling 46 touchbacks on 82 kickoffs... Also punted 26 times with a long of 64 yards and seeing five punts land inside the opponent 20-yard line... Helped the Jaguars produce a 12-1 record and capture a state championship in 2015... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior... A three-year letterwinner in track where he was the anchor for the state medal-winning 4x100 team as a junior.

PERSONAL: Andrew Jason Hicks was born May 20, 1997, in Shawnee, Kansas... Son of Darren and Pam Hicks... Father, Darren, played football at Kansas... Has one brother, Ryan, who played football at Baker... Majoring in social sciences.