Eric Hicks Jr. is Tulane’s steady, veteran anchor in the middle
In the 2024 season, Eric Hicks Jr. played 14 games with eight starts for Tulane and logged eight tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, finishing a school-record 66-game career as a durable, dependable interior defender[1]. He entered college as a three-star prospect ranked by 247Sports as the No. 101 defensive tackle nationally, and his value has always been more about leverage, toughness, and snap-to-snap reliability than flashy numbers[1][14]. If your team wants a proven nose tackle who can hold the point and bring veteran polish, he’s your guy; if you need a disruptive stat-stuffer, this isn’t that type of profile[1][7].
