Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 3, Pk 89
- College
- Regina (Canada)
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 3, Pk 89
- College
- Regina (Canada)
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 149
- TOT
- 409
- SOLO
- 263
- AST
- 146
- SACK
- 41.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 14
- FF
- 6
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | NO | 14 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | NO | 16 | 56 | 29 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | NO | 15 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 |  NO/NE | 16 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | CHI | 16 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | CHI | 16 | 54 | 39 | 15 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | CHI | 16 | 55 | 41 | 14 | 7.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | CHI | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | CHI | 15 | 49 | 30 | 19 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | CHI | 9 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | TB | 11 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- TOT
- 23
- SOLO
- 13
- AST
- 10
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 149
- TOT
- 2.7
- SOLO
- 1.8
- AST
- 1.0
- SACK
- 0.3
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | NO | 14 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | NO | 16 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | NO | 15 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2015 | NO/NE | 16 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | CHI | 16 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | CHI | 16 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | CHI | 16 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | CHI | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | CHI | 15 | 3.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2021 | CHI | 9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | TB | 11 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Akiem Hicks
Jan 16 · vs DAL · L 31-14
- TOT
- 3
- SOLO
- 3
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 16 | vs DALL 31-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 08 | at ATLL 30-17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 01 | vs CARW 30-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 25 | at ARIW 19-16 OT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 18 | vs CINL 34-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 11 | at SFL 35-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What were Akiem Hicks's career stats?
Akiem Hicks played 11 seasons for the Saints, the Patriots, the Bears and the Buccaneers. He recorded 409 tackles and 41.5 sacks. His best season was 2013: 56 tackles and 4.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2012 to 2022
All-time career rank
- 266th in sacks (41.5)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Akiem Hicks
Playoff games
Akiem Hicks played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Result | TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DAL | L 31-14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Akiem Hicks against each club
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (2)
- vs Cleveland Browns (2)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (2)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (2)
- vs New Orleans Saints (2)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (2)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (1)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (1)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Green Bay Packers (1)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (1)
- vs New York Giants (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (1)
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Akiem Hicks among NFL players at the same position.
- Kenny ClarkDALAlike in Tackles, Sacks, Solo tackles81out of 100 on profile similarity
- Deatrich Wise Jr.WSHAlike in Sacks, Tackles74out of 100 on profile similarity
- Jarran ReedSEAAlike in Tackles, Sacks73out of 100 on profile similarity
- Javon HargraveGBAlike in Tackles, Solo tackles, Sacks72out of 100 on profile similarity
- Grady JarrettCHIAlike in Solo tackles, Sacks72out of 100 on profile similarity
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