Social media reacts to five-star DL David Hicks' commitment to Texas A&M

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Social media was buzzing following 2023 Katy (Tex.) Paetow five-star defensive lineman David Hicks Jr.‘s commitment to Texas A&M on Wednesday.

The five-star announced his commitment to the Aggies over Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan State, Texas, Miami and Oregon, among others. It came down to the Aggies and Sooners for Hicks and in recent weeks, Oklahoma looked to have surged in his recruitment, in fact, in the hours leading up to his commitment #HickstoNorman was trending across the country, and still, Hicks committed to Texas A&M.

Hicks himself posted a sweet video announcing his commitment to Texas A&M, shortly after he made the announcement live on ESPN.

Hicks’ father and Katy Paetow defensive line coach, David Hicks, shared some photos documenting his son’s recruitment from eighth grade till his commitment to Texas A&M on Wednesday.

For a commitment this big, even Texas A&M’s main account had to weigh in.

Texas A&M defensive line coach Elijah Robinson, Hicks primary recruiter, was certainly excited to land another key target

Texas A&M defensive lineman Tunmise Adeleye, a Katy native himself and a current player Hicks has a good relationship was excited as well.

Texas A&M freshman offensive lineman Kam Dewberry, someone Hicks has trained with in the past loved the five-star’s commitment video

Texas A&M commits state their excitement

Texas A&M five-star linebacker commit Anthony Hill congratulated his fellow five-star Texas A&M commit to the class.

Texas A&M four-star offensive line commit T.J Shanahan hinted that the Aggies aren’t close to finished on the recruiting trail. Perhaps a sign of things to come?

Texas A&M four-star safety commit Dalton Brooks welcomed the five-star to the class

Texas A&M four-star offensive line commit, and one of the most vocal peer recruiters in the class, stated his excitement to get to work with Hicks

Texas A&M’s lone 2024 commit, Longview (Tex.) Pine Tree four-star defensive lineman Dealyn Evans tweeted his excitement for the five-star’s commitment.

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Hicks ranks as the No. 9 prospect and No. 1 defensive lineman in the country per the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. The five-star has an On3 NIL Valuation of $248K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.