Elijah Hicks is an S out of California. The tier model reads him as a role player — 5% elite, 39% starter.
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Five-year starter who can play all over the field but will need to find a home as he's lacking in high-level traits.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Hicks is an intelligent and instinctive player with above-average aggression.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a hybrid-S.
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“…Five-year starter who can play all over the field but will need to find a home as he's lacking in high-level traits. Hicks is an intelligent and instinctive player with above-average aggression. His play on special teams could help him carve out a spot while he plies his craft for a zone-based defense.…”
Sourced synthesis from 2 scouting sources, not original film. How these reports are written →