Justin Bickham

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-1
Weight:
199
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Pflugerville, Texas
High School:
Pflugerville

Awards and Honors
C-USA Honor Roll (2016, 2017, 2018)
C-USA All-Freshman Team (2015)

2019
Competed in 12 games, starting seven … had 25 tackles, 2.0 TFL and one pass breakup … tied a career high with six tackles vs. UNI … had three solo stops and a TFL vs. West Virginia and five solo tackles vs. Texas Tech … posted three tackles and a TFL vs. Oklahoma State.

2018 at Rice
Played in all 12 games and had 10 starts … led the team with a career-high 10 pass breakups, tying for 10th in C-USA … posted 30 tackles, including 24 solo stops … had 3.0 TFL and a forced fumble … matched his career high with three PBUs vs. UAB ... credited with a career-best six tackles, a TFL, a forced fumble and a broke up one pass vs. Houston … tallied five stops vs. Prairie View A&M and four tackles vs. UAB.

2017 at Rice
Saw action in 10 games with eight starts ... posted 27 tackles, 2.0 TFL, eight PBU’s and one interception ... had five tackles vs. Stanford, Houston and Pittsburgh ... picked off his first career pass vs. FIU and his first career sack at UTEP (loss of 11 yards) ... recorded a career-high 1.5 TFL vs. UTEP … missed the final two games with an injury.

2016 at Rice
Sat out season as a redshirt.

2015 at Rice
Played in 12 games with five starts … one of two true freshmen corners to see extensive action, earning All C-USA Freshman honors ... led the team with five PBU while finishing with 13 tackles ... made his first career start vs. Louisiana Tech ... credited with a season-best three pass breakups at FAU, including one on FAU's final possession of the game.

High School
First team All-District 13-6A as a senior as a cornerback and kick returner … was an all-district selection as a safety in his junior year for coach George Herrmann ... three-year letterman and two-year starter ... credited with 29 tackles and had one interception as a senior ... National Honor Society member with a 3.70 GPA ... coached by George Herrmann.

Personal
Born May 9, 1997 ... son of Willie "Gerard" and Ivone Bickham ... father played football at Southwest Texas (now Texas State) and led the Bobcats in KO returns in 1987 ... nephew of former Texas and NBA player Travis Mays (King and Hawks) ... earned a degree in kinesiology from Rice in 2019 ... earning a post-graduate degree in interdisciplinary graduate studies.