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{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Skip Hicks
| image       = Skip Hicks.jpg
| caption     = Hicks with the [[Tennessee Titans]] in 2001
| number      = 20, 42, 34
| position    = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1974|10|13}}
| birth_place = [[Corsicana, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lb   = 230
| high_school = [[Burkburnett High School|Burkburnett]] {{nowrap|([[Burkburnett, Texas]])}}
| college     = [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]]
| draftyear   = 1998
| draftround  = 3
| draftpick   = 69
| pastteams   =<ref>{{cite book |title=Bengals 2004 Media Guide |page=40 |url=https://archive.org/details/bengals-2004-media-guide-cincinnati-c/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[Washington Commanders|Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1998|2000}})
* [[Chicago Bears]] (2001)*
* [[Tennessee Titans]] ({{NFL Year|2001}})
* [[Carolina Panthers]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|2004}})*
* [[Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe)|Frankfurt Galaxy]] ({{NFLE Year|2004}})
* [[Toronto Argonauts]] ({{CFL Year|2004}})
| highlights  =
* [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[92nd Grey Cup|2004]])
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1997 College Football All-America Team|1997]])
* [[Pop Warner Trophy]] (1997)
* First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[1997 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1997]])
* Second-team All-Pac-10 ([[1996 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1996]]) 
| statlabel1  = Rushing yards
| statvalue1  = 1,109
| statlabel2  = Average
| statvalue2  = 3.9
| statlabel3  = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue3  = 13
| pfr         = HickSk00 
}}

'''Brian LaVell "Skip" Hicks''' (born October 13, 1974) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was selected in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In his four seasons, Hicks played for the [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=fgMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2wgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6226,5794369&dq=skip-hicks&hl=en|title=Redskins Starters Flex Muscles Against Browns|date=19 August 2000|work=[[Free-Lance Star]]|access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref> and the [[Tennessee Titans]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2001 |title=Mcnair Hicks Pace Tennessee |url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=_vYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fm0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4352,7336111&dq=skip-hicks+titans&hl=en |access-date=30 August 2010 |work=[[Kentucky New Era]]|via=[[Google News]]}}</ref>  He played [[college football]] for the [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA Bruins]] and still holds school records for touchdowns in a season, with 26 in 1997, and career touchdowns, with 55 (1993–94, 96–97).  He graduated from [[Burkburnett High School]] in [[Burkburnett, Texas]] in 1993.

Hicks also played for the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] in [[2004 CFL season|2004]], appearing in two games.  The Argonauts went on to win the [[92nd Grey Cup]] that year, but Hicks was not dressed for that game.

==Post-playing career==
In 2014, it was announced Hicks would serve as an assistant football coach at [[Oaks Christian School]] in [[California]].

==References==
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{{Pop Warner Trophy}}
{{Redskins1998DraftPicks}}
{{92nd Grey Cup}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
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[[Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Germany]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Corsicana, Texas]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:UCLA Bruins football players]]
[[Category:Tennessee Titans players]]
[[Category:Washington Redskins players]]
[[Category:Toronto Argonauts players]]
[[Category:Canadian football running backs]]
[[Category:Frankfurt Galaxy players]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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