Preston Hickey
UTEP Miners
49
Depth

Preston Hickey

UTEP MinersRebuilding
NTDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Northwestern State
2nd String / Backup

Is Preston Hickey starting?

Preston Hickey is listed 2nd string at NT for UTEP Miners.

Redshirt senior · #98 · 6'1", 300 lbs

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Depth at NT · UTEP Miners

  1. 19064Ashton CokerStarter
  2. 29849Preston HickeyYou

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Up next for UTEP

UTEP plays Hawai'i at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 09:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 49 overall (Depth tier).

Team Share1%
Mandeville, LA
Jersey
#98
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
300 lbs
Transfer
Northwestern State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—610

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

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 36th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 49.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 36% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 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 27LORSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-7

Sep 5LOUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-0

Preston Hickey's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

6 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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