Riders sign defensive end
Courtesy Regina Leader Post:
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed import defensive end DeVon Hicks.
Hicks, 6-foot-2 and 265 pounds, signed with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers in 2007. He was released prior to the start of the season. Hicks signed with the Roughriders for two years plus an option. Financial details were not released.
Hicks spent three seasons at Northwest Mississippi before transferring to Emporia State. He earned first-team All-America honours from the NJCAA in 2006 and was named Mississippi junior college player-of-the-year. He also earned most-valuable-player honours with a nine-tackle, two-sack performance at the Mississippi All-Star game in December, 2006.
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