Jaylin Hicks
Minnesota Golden Gophers
67
Depth

Jaylin Hicks

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
NTDefenseDepth
2nd String / Backup

Is Jaylin Hicks starting?

Jaylin Hicks is listed 2nd string at NT for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt sophomore · #55 · 6'3", 270 lbs

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Depth at NT · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 17087Naquan CrowderStarter
  2. 25567Jaylin HicksYou
  3. 39067Xion Chapman
  4. 49267Sid Kaba

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Up next for Minnesota

Minnesota plays UCLA at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Iona Prep, ranked #1,175 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 3 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 67 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,175 NatlTeam Share0%
Harlem, NY
Jersey
#55
Class
RS SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
270 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025300

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8617
National Rank
#1175
High School
Iona Prep
Hometown
New Rochelle, NY

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 23th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them -12 vs unit starters → 67.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 23% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
-12 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 4WEIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Jaylin Hicks's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

3 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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