Hakeem Nicks in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, North Carolina, 2006–⁠08

Hakeem Nicks

Born
Jan 14, 1988, in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Hakeem Nicks played receiver at North Carolina (2006–⁠08). The New York Giants took Nicks in the first round, No. 29 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,222
Receiving yards, 2008 (North Carolina, 8–⁠5)
Best game
217 yards
Vs. West Virginia, bowl season 2008: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 29
Overall, 2009 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Career highs

9catches, career hightwice; last vs. Notre Dame, 2008217receiving yards, career highvs. West Virginia, 20083receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. West Virginia, 2008

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006North Carolina3966016.9483
2007North Carolina7495812.9553
2008North Carolina681,22218.01274
Career1812,84015.72183

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 North Carolina 13 games, 68 catches, 1,222 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.McNeeseW 35–⁠276110071–
Sep 11atRutgersW 44–⁠12663218–
Sep 20vs.Virginia TechL 17–⁠20451016–
Sep 27atMiamiW 28–⁠245133174–
Oct 4vs.UConnW 38–⁠123551318
Oct 11vs.Notre DameW 29–⁠249141031–
Oct 18atVirginiaL 13–⁠16690023–
Oct 25vs.Boston CollegeW 45–⁠24813934331
Nov 8vs.Georgia TechW 28–⁠7372131–
Nov 15atMarylandL 15–⁠17357026–
Nov 22vs.NC StateL 10–⁠41456025−5
Nov 29atDukeW 28–⁠20338125–
Dec 27 ✦vs.West VirginiaL 30–⁠318217373–
2007 North Carolina 12 games, 74 catches, 958 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.James MadisonW 37–⁠14221012–
Sep 8atEast CarolinaL 31–⁠34677137–
Sep 15vs.VirginiaL 20–⁠227113253–
Sep 22atSouth FloridaL 10–⁠37332020–
Sep 29atVirginia TechL 10–⁠17894020–
Oct 6vs.MiamiW 33–⁠27576033–
Oct 13vs.South CarolinaL 15–⁠218114027–
Oct 27atWake ForestL 10–⁠37987018–
Nov 3vs.MarylandW 16–⁠13888130−1
Nov 10atNC StateL 27–⁠31556018–
Nov 17atGeorgia TechL 25–⁠277162136–
Nov 24vs.DukeW 20–⁠14638014–
2006 North Carolina 10 games, 39 catches, 660 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.RutgersL 16–⁠21763118–
Sep 9vs.Virginia TechL 10–⁠35535019–
Sep 16vs.FurmanW 45–⁠42260040–
Sep 23atClemsonL 7–⁠52117017–
Oct 7atMiamiL 7–⁠27137037–
Oct 19atVirginiaL 0–⁠23340024–
Oct 28vs.Wake ForestL 17–⁠2438404410
Nov 4atNotre DameL 26–⁠456171272–
Nov 11vs.Georgia TechL 0–⁠7436019–
Nov 25atDukeW 45–⁠447117183–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2009Combine or pro day 2009
Height6′0¾″
Weight212 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size10½″
40-yard dash4.63 s
10-yard split1.70 s
Vertical jump36″
3-cone drill6.96 s
20-yard shuttle4.43 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 90 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009New York Giants14200
2010New York Giants13300
2011New York Giants15200
2012New York Giants12100
2013New York Giants15200
2014Indianapolis Colts15–00
2015New York Giants6–00
NFL career901000

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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