Takari Hickle
Oregon State Beavers
81
Good

Takari Hickle

Oregon State BeaversAverage
LDEDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Takari Hickle is the projected starter at LDE for Oregon State Beavers.

Redshirt senior · #44 · 6'3", 270 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Oregon State Beavers

  1. 14481Takari HickleStarter
  2. 29968Niklas Fisher
  3. 31757Ish Findlayter

Oregon State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Oregon State

Oregon State plays Texas State at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 10:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Tenino, ranked #1,168 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 38 tackles, 5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,168 Natl2-Yr Total44 tackles · 4 sacksTeam Share6%
Tenino, WA
Jersey
#44
Class
RS SR
Height
6'3"
Weight
270 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253852
202362.52

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
0.8533
National Rank
#1168
High School
Tenino
Hometown
Tenino, WA

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated defense; 79th-percentile production (×0.83 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 79% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.83)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

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

Nov 1LFRESTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-22

Oct 17WWSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
2.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-30

Oct 10WSDSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 66-14

Oct 3WCSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-26

Sep 27WUTEPTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 33-7

Sep 20WMONTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-17

Sep 12LTTUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-24

Sep 5LHOUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-20

Takari Hickle's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

38 tkl · 5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement67%
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