Omar Hicks-Onu

Position:
Safety
Height:
6-1
Weight:
184
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Carrollton, Texas
High School:
Hebron HS

CAREER
• Has played in 24 games over two seasons, making two starts
• Enters 2019 with 49 tackles, 2.5 for loss, along with two pass deflections, one interception and a forced fumble

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Did not play due to injury

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in all 12 games, starting twice, including for the first time of his career against Stanford
• Ended the season with 38 tackles, including 17 solo. Added 2.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and one pass breakup
• Tallied a season-best six tackles against USC, and forced a fumble while on special teams
• Posted two more six-tackle games: against Arizona State and at Oregon, Added a pass breakup against the Ducks
• Picked off a pass against Stanford - the first of his career - to go along with five tackles
• Tallied TFLs twice: 1.0 at Colorado State and 1.5 against Stanford

2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in all 12 games mostly on special teams
• Finished the season with 11 tackles, including five on coverage units
• Registered a season-high three tackles at Colorado
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

2015 (FRESHMAN)
• Did not play in a game using his redshirt season
• Played at safety for the scout team

HEBRON HIGH SCHOOL
• Played in just five games as a senior due to injury
• Timed in the 40 at 4.38 and the shuttle at 4.28
• Elite Scouting Services rated him among its top 100 defensive back prospects in Texas prior to 2014 season
• Excellent sprinter and ran a leg for the Hebron 100- and 200-meter relays

PERSONAL
• Born in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Son of Bo Onu and Lynelle Hicks
• Has three brothers, Brandon, Bo and George, and a sister, Yasmine
• Lists Deion Sanders as his favorite athlete
• Graduated after the spring term in 2019 with a degree in digital communication arts