Jarrett Hicks is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player.

Career

Collegiately

College football

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, Hicks was a wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 for the Texas Tech Red Raiders

Texas Tech Red Raiders football

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. Out of college, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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 of the NFL

National Football League

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. However, Hicks was released from the team on July 30, 2007.

Los Angeles Avengers

Hicks played for the AFL's Los Angeles Avengers

Los Angeles Avengers

The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...

. This reunited him with former teammate, Sonny Cumbie

Sonny Cumbie

Sonny Jack Cumbie is an American football Assistant Coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, serving as Inside Receivers Coach...

, who was a starting quarterback

Quarterback

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 at Texas Tech

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...

and later the starting quarterback for the Avengers.