"You really don't have time to think about what just happened. It's your first game in the NFL, you're playing a lot of snaps, and you're just trying to make a play."

"I've been saying this whole time, I'm approaching each game like I'm the one who's going to go out there and play. Luckily for me, that's the way I did approach it last game."

"Nothing's going to change moving forward. I'm going to continue to prepare I have been, continue to keep getting in the playbook and talking to the older guys, and figuring out how I can get better each week."

"I'm confident in my abilities, but I'm also realistic in the fact that I'm young. I've got to understand that I've got a lot to learn, and that takes a lot of film, a lot of studying, a lot of talking to guys like DeMeco [Ryans], and Kiko [Alonso], and Mychal [Kendricks]. I'm trying to figure out what I can do and what I can't do and continuing to move forward."

"I'm comfortable making the calls [for the defense]. That's something I think is one of my strengths, being out there and being able to make calls and understand what's going on."

LB Jordan Hicks was a five-year linebacker at Texas who appeared in 45 games and had 28 career starts

Hicks had 299 career tackles for the Longhorns and 5.5 sacks

Hicks played in every game as a freshman and sophomore before battling through injuries

Jordan battled through the injuries and played in every game of 2014 (after redshirting)

As a senior (2014) Hicks earned second-team All-America honors from Walter Camp and the Football Writers Association of America

Along with All-America honors, Jordan was a second-team All-Big 12 selection by the Associated Press and coaches in 2014

Hicks played in the 2015 Senior Bowl after finishing as a semifinalist for the 2014 Chuck Bednarik Award and after being on the watch list for the 2014 Butkus Award

In high school, Hicks was a stud from Cincinnati as he was recognized as the nation's top linebacker in 2010

Coming from Lakota West High School, Hicks was ranked by ESPNU as the nation's top outside linebacker and as the fourth best overall prospect

Hicks was born in Colorado Springs, CO and then lived in Indiana and South Carolina before ending up in Ohio for high school