Football is just around the corner, and we at BigCountryPreps.com are committed to bringing you the information you need to prepare for your favorite team’s season.
We’ll be releasing our Big Country Preps Preseason Football Preview, the most comprehensive look at the upcoming Big Country football season anywhere, on Wednesday, Aug. 16. But you won’t have to wait until then to sate your gridiron appetite.
Leading up to the first day of fall football practice on July 31, we’ll be spotlighting each 11-man team in the area and posing some of the key questions they’ll face in 2023 as part of our annual “Countdown to Two-a-Days” series.
We continue in Class 2A Division II with the Hico Tigers. On Wednesday we will take a look at the Forsan Buffaloes, followed by the Anson Tigers on Thursday.
HICO TIGERS
LAST YEAR’S RECORD
- 4-7 overall, 3-3 in District 8-2A Division II
ONE KEY STAT
- Hico’s playoff appearance last season marked its third as many seasons since going 0-10 in 2019.
TWO NAMES TO KNOW
- Senior QB/DB Carson Keller (Passed for 585 yards and 5 touchdowns, rushed for 424 yards and 10 TDs and had 73 tackles and 3 interceptions in 2022)
- Senior TE/LB Preston Roach (Received for 147 yards and had 70 tackles and 5 tackles for loss in 2022)
THREE BURNING QUESTIONS
- With 19 of 20 lettermen back from last year’s team, is this the year Hico posts its first winning season since 2017?
- Can the Tigers build enough depth on the lines to allow their playmakers at the skill positions to shine?
- Can the Hico offense get a little bit more out of its passing game in 2023?
DON’T MISS BIG COUNTRY PREPS PRESEASON FOOTBALL PREVIEW ON AUG. 16!