Jaylin Hicks holds the DT · Depth spot in Minnesota Golden Gophers’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jaylin Hicks is a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Golden Gophers listed at 6'3" and 260 pounds. The redshirt sophomore from Harlem, New York, attended Iona Preparatory in New Rochelle, where he recorded 26 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks as a senior before redshirting in 2024. In his 2025 freshman season, Hicks appeared in seven games, including contests against Northwestern State, Rutgers, Ohio State, Purdue, Nebraska, Iowa, and Oregon, recording three total tackles with one quarterback hurry.