Running back Kyle Hicks may not play in the season opener against Jackson State on Saturday, coach Gary Patterson said Monday during the Big 12 coaches conference call.
Hicks has been held out of contact in some of the fall practices, but Monday was the first time Patterson directly acknowledged an injury concern with the senior running back.
“He’s still not 100 percent,” Patterson said. “He may play, may not play. We’re going to see.”
Hicks rushed for 1,042 yards and caught 47 passes last year, leading the Horned Frogs in both categories — the first TCU player to do that since Basil Mitchell in 1996.