Ronnie Hickman

 

STATS

 YEAR (GP/GS)    TKLS   TFL      SACK     FF     PD    INT

2019: Redshirted

2020: (5/0)         5          0.0      0.0         0       0       0

2021: (13/13)     100     1.0      1.0         1       2       2

2022: (13/13)     53       1.5      0.0         1       7       1

Total: (31/26)    158     2.5         1.0         2       9       3

HISTORY -- From College Profile

 

Briefly in 2022-23

• Led team with 100 tackles last year
• First 100-tackle Buckeye in 6 years (R. McMillan)
• Has started 17 consecutive games
• His INT vs. Toledo was OSU’s first takeaway in ’22

Ohio State Overview
• Ronnie, whose nickname is “Rocket”, is a senior academically, is in his fourth year with the program and has three seasons of eligibility
• He is majoring in human development and family sciences
• Has played in 18 games and started 13 times, with all of his starts coming in 2021
• Was one of, if not the, top defensive players on the team in 2021 and was named second-team all-Big Ten by the coaches and third-team by the media
• Led the team in tackles with 100, including 54 solo stops, and in interceptions with two
• Is the first Buckeye in six years with 100 or more tackles in a season (Raekwon McMillan, 102 in 2015)
• Had 10 or more tackles five times, including a high game of 15 against Penn State
• Also had 12 tackles vs. Michigan, 11 vs. Minnesota and Rutgers, and 10 vs. Oregon
• His interceptions came in consecutive games against Tulsa and Akron, with his Akron interception a 46-yard “pick-6”
• Red-shirted the 2019 season as a true freshman while rehabbing an injury that cut his senior season at DePaul Catholic short
• Once he was healthy, he was impressive with solid special teams play in 2020 and in the opportunities he was presented on defense
• Played in the first five games of 2020 before getting sidelined with an injury
• Enrolled in winter 2019 semester classes at Ohio State

Honors & Awards
2021: Second-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches)

More on Ronnie
• Was New Jersey’s third-ranked recruit overall in 2018 by 247Sports.com and a top 150 prospect nationally
• Chosen to play in the 2019 All-American Bowl
• Had a No. 9 ranking as an athlete according to 247Sports
• Played on both sides of the ball for DePaul Catholic, lining up at wide receiver and safety
• Totaled 609 receiving yards and nine TDs on 26 catches in an injury-shortened senior season
• Recorded 19 tackles and five pass breakups
• Caught 44 passes for 809 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior while also contributing 44 tackles, two interceptions and nine PBU on defense
• Had 945 all-purpose yards in 2017
• Finished his career with 1,418 yards receiving on 70 receptions and 22 touchdowns
• Helped DePaul Catholic win New Jersey’s Non Public Group III state title as a junior in 2017
• Played for head coach John McKenna
• Also an All-American lacrosse player in high school
• Parents are Hanifah Crawley and Ronnie Hickman Sr.

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.5	1.0	51.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	24.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	8.0	8.0	1.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	0.0	98.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	54.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
1.0	32.5	65.0	2.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0