Running back, Rutgers, 2014–⁠17

Josh Hicks

Number
No. 8
Height
5′10″
Weight
210 lb
Hometown
Palmetto, FL

Josh Hicks played running back at Rutgers (2014–⁠17).

Career highs

202rushing yards, career highvs. North Carolina, 20142rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Kansas, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Rutgers694406.4249
2015Rutgers1306745.2431
2016Rutgers451573.5019
2017Rutgers13806.2135
Career2571,3515.3749

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2014Rutgers91620
2015Rutgers2410
2016Rutgers6770
2017Rutgers7970
Career243770

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2015Rutgers––––1––
2016Rutgers4100000
2017Rutgers2100000
Career6200100

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015Rutgers4256.3114
2016Rutgers1−4−4.000
2017Rutgers66811.3028
Career11898.1128

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2014Rutgers8RB
2015Rutgers8RB
2016Rutgers8RB
2017Rutgers8RB5′10″210

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2014Rutgers690.1145th (n=253)0.127.421%0.22
2015Rutgers1340.1355th (n=268)0.1217.218%-0.03
2016Rutgers47-0.06––-2.88%0.06
2017Rutgers200.28––5.66%–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Rutgers 9 games, 7 returns, 97 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 1vs.WashingtonL 14–⁠30–––113
Sep 9vs.Eastern MichiganL 13–⁠16250116
Sep 16vs.Morgan StateW 65–⁠04450––
Sep 23atNebraskaL 17–⁠27–––127
Sep 30vs.Ohio StateL 0–⁠56130327
Oct 14atIllinoisW 35–⁠245251––
Oct 28atMichiganL 14–⁠35–––114
Nov 4vs.MarylandW 31–⁠24–––––
Nov 25vs.Michigan StateL 7–⁠40120––
2016 Rutgers 9 games, 157 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 3atWashingtonL 13–⁠4814700––
Sep 10vs.HowardW 52–⁠147440––
Sep 17vs.New MexicoW 37–⁠28360––
Sep 24vs.IowaL 7–⁠14370––
Oct 1atOhio StateL 0–⁠58–––677
Oct 22atMinnesotaL 32–⁠345270––
Nov 5vs.IndianaL 27–⁠33490––
Nov 12atMichigan StateL 0–⁠49730––
Nov 19vs.Penn StateL 0–⁠392−90––
2015 Rutgers 12 games, 674 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 5vs.Norfolk StateW 63–⁠13181182––
Sep 12vs.Washington StateL 34–⁠3716910––
Sep 19atPenn StateL 3–⁠287490––
Sep 26vs.KansasW 27–⁠14211132––
Oct 10vs.Michigan StateL 24–⁠317250––
Oct 17atIndianaW 55–⁠529240––
Oct 24vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠496190––
Oct 31atWisconsinL 10–⁠4815720––
Nov 7atMichiganL 16–⁠499410––
Nov 14vs.NebraskaL 14–⁠3112610241
Nov 21atArmyW 31–⁠21–––––
Nov 28vs.MarylandL 41–⁠4610610––
2014 Rutgers 7 games, 440 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 6vs.HowardW 38–⁠256240260
Oct 25atNebraskaL 24–⁠42–––588
Nov 1vs.WisconsinL 0–⁠37–––214
Nov 15vs.IndianaW 45–⁠23201141––
Nov 22atMichigan StateL 3–⁠458310––
Nov 29atMarylandW 41–⁠3816690––
Dec 26 ✦vs.North CarolinaW 40–⁠21192021––

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

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