2020-21 Football Roster
Hicks Onu, Omar
Jersey Number 7
Omar Hicks Onu
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 194
- Position:
- CB
- Hometown:
- Lewisville, Texas
- High School:
- Hebron HS
- Prev School:
- Oregon State
Bio
2021 (R-Sr. - Montana):
• Named 4th-team All-Big Sky by Phil Steele Magazine
Known as one of the team’s hardest hitters, Hicks-Onu finished his senior year ranked No. 9 in the Big Sky Conference in total passes defended with 11 pass breakups and on interception, an average of .92 breakups per contest. He was named fourth-team All-Big Sky by Phil Steele Magazine, and was tied for the team’s seventh-leading tackler as a senior with 43 total stops. He also had the sixth-most solo tackles on the team with 28, and tallied 1.5 TFLs, recovered one fumble and logged one QB hurry. Including Montana’s two spring games in 2021, Hicks-Onu finished his on-year career at UM with 47 total tackles in 15 games. He was selected to compete at the College Gridiron Showcase all-star event in Texas after his senior season.
2020: (R-Sr. – Montana): Transferred to Montana in time for the spring semester and emerged as a leader in the secondary during the Grizzlies’ abbreviated spring season.
2019 (R-Jr. – Oregon St.): Played in six games for the Beavers… Picked up 28 tackles and one TFL
2018 (R-So. – Oregon St.): Did not play due to injury
2017 (R-Fr. – Oregon St.): Played in all 12 games, starting twice, including for the first time of his career against Stanford… Ended the season with 38 tackles, including 17 solo. Added 2.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and one pass breakup… Tallied a season-best six tackles against USC, and forced a fumble while on special teams… Posted two more six-tackle games: against Arizona State and at Oregon, Added a pass breakup against the Ducks… Picked off a pass against Stanford - the first of his career - to go along with five tackles… Tallied TFLs twice: 1.0 at Colorado State and 1.5 against Stanford
2016 (R-Fr. – Oregon St.): Played in all 12 games mostly on special teams… Finished the season with 11 tackles, including five on coverage units… Registered a season-high three tackles at Colorado… Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2015 (Fr. – Oregon St.) Did not play in a game using his redshirt season… Played at safety for the scout team
HIGH SCHOOL: Played in just five games as a senior due to injury… Timed in the 40 at 4.38 and the shuttle at 4.28… Elite Scouting Services rated him among its top 100 defensive back prospects in Texas prior to 2014 season… Excellent sprinter and ran a leg for the Hebron 100- and 200-meter relays
PERSONAL: Born in Scottsdale, Ariz…. Son of Bo Onu and Lynelle Hicks… Has three brothers, Brandon, Bo and George, and a sister, Yasmine… Lists Deion Sanders as his favorite athlete… Graduated after the spring term in 2019 with a degree in digital communication arts
• Named 4th-team All-Big Sky by Phil Steele Magazine
Known as one of the team’s hardest hitters, Hicks-Onu finished his senior year ranked No. 9 in the Big Sky Conference in total passes defended with 11 pass breakups and on interception, an average of .92 breakups per contest. He was named fourth-team All-Big Sky by Phil Steele Magazine, and was tied for the team’s seventh-leading tackler as a senior with 43 total stops. He also had the sixth-most solo tackles on the team with 28, and tallied 1.5 TFLs, recovered one fumble and logged one QB hurry. Including Montana’s two spring games in 2021, Hicks-Onu finished his on-year career at UM with 47 total tackles in 15 games. He was selected to compete at the College Gridiron Showcase all-star event in Texas after his senior season.
2020: (R-Sr. – Montana): Transferred to Montana in time for the spring semester and emerged as a leader in the secondary during the Grizzlies’ abbreviated spring season.
2019 (R-Jr. – Oregon St.): Played in six games for the Beavers… Picked up 28 tackles and one TFL
2018 (R-So. – Oregon St.): Did not play due to injury
2017 (R-Fr. – Oregon St.): Played in all 12 games, starting twice, including for the first time of his career against Stanford… Ended the season with 38 tackles, including 17 solo. Added 2.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and one pass breakup… Tallied a season-best six tackles against USC, and forced a fumble while on special teams… Posted two more six-tackle games: against Arizona State and at Oregon, Added a pass breakup against the Ducks… Picked off a pass against Stanford - the first of his career - to go along with five tackles… Tallied TFLs twice: 1.0 at Colorado State and 1.5 against Stanford
2016 (R-Fr. – Oregon St.): Played in all 12 games mostly on special teams… Finished the season with 11 tackles, including five on coverage units… Registered a season-high three tackles at Colorado… Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2015 (Fr. – Oregon St.) Did not play in a game using his redshirt season… Played at safety for the scout team
HIGH SCHOOL: Played in just five games as a senior due to injury… Timed in the 40 at 4.38 and the shuttle at 4.28… Elite Scouting Services rated him among its top 100 defensive back prospects in Texas prior to 2014 season… Excellent sprinter and ran a leg for the Hebron 100- and 200-meter relays
PERSONAL: Born in Scottsdale, Ariz…. Son of Bo Onu and Lynelle Hicks… Has three brothers, Brandon, Bo and George, and a sister, Yasmine… Lists Deion Sanders as his favorite athlete… Graduated after the spring term in 2019 with a degree in digital communication arts
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