Mike Hicks Class: Freshman Hometown: China Spring, Texas High School: China Spring Height / Weight: 5-11 / 180 Position: S Experience: HS

All-purpose, all-state performer at nearby China Spring (Texas) High School... Finished prep career No. 2 in career receiving yards in Texas high school history with 228 receptions for 4,328 yards and 41 touchdowns... Four-year varsity letterman for head coach Mark Bell at CSHS... All-state honoree at two positions as a senior in 2008: second-team Class 3A selection at receiver and third-team selection at kick returner... Senior stats: caught 45 passes for 926 yards and 12 TDs, rushed 91 times for 619 yards and 11 touchdowns, returned seven kickoffs for 312 yards and two touchdowns, on defense totaled 88 tackles and 4 interceptions... Helped lead China Spring to 12-1 record and the Class 3A DI Region I final... 2008 Waco Tribune-Herald first-team Super Centex selection... Amassed 278 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on eight touches and added an interception in win over Robinson... Named District 7-3A MVP as senior... Participated in the 2008 U.S. Army All-American Combine... Earned first-team Class 3A All-State honors at receiver by TSWA as junior in 2007... Two-way first-team All-District 17-3A selection in 2007: first-team receiver, first-team safety as well as second-team returner... Helped lead China Spring to 3A Division II state championship and 14-2 record in 2007... Totaled 89 catches for 806 yards (20.7 average) and eight touchdowns as a junior, added 309 yards and six TDs on 58 rushes... Named first-team All-District 17-3A as utility player as sophomore in 2006 on 8-3 CSHS squad... Honorable mention selection to Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex Team as sophomore... Made 39 catches for 806 yards and eight touchdowns in 2006... In breakout freshman season in 2005, earned honorable mention Class 3A All-State honors as receiver by TSWA, named Super Centex Offensive Newcomer of the Year by Waco Tribune-Herald and named District 17-3A Offensive Newcomer of the Year... Caught 55 passes for 1,133 yards and nine TDs as freshman... Honorable mention 2007 Super Centex All-Academic Team... Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes... Son of Michael Hicks and Monica Hicks-Albers and Tom Albers... Full name is Michael E. Hicks... Born Oct. 23, 1990, in Tyler, Texas.