Bio

A reliable kicker with excellent range and two more years of eligibility ... Solid 2006 after sitting out 2005 season ... Has 157 career points to rank 14th all-time at Oklahoma State ... In his career, he is 17-of-17 on field-goal tries inside 40 yards ... Served as the special teams captain as a sophomore.

2006: Scored 77 points for the 19th best single-season total in OSU history ... 
Connected on 10-of-12 field-goal attempts and on 47 of his 49 extra-point tries ... Hit on a 53-yarder in the season opener against Missouri State ... Hit all seven of his field-goal tries from inside 40 yards ... Hit a pair of three-pointers against Florida Atlantic and Kansas State ... Had a 47-yarder at Texas Tech ... Kicked a game-winning 27-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining in the bowl win over Alabama ... Also had a 28-yarder in the second quarter against the Crimson Tide.

2005: Ricks sat out his sophomore season as a redshirt with an injury.

2004: Ricks led the Cowboys in scoring with 80 points ... Was 11-of-16 on field goals and 47-of-49 on PATs ... The 80 points were an OSU freshman scoring record and the 15th best total in school history ... Selected to The Sporting News Big 12 all-freshman team ... Was 7-of-7 on his PATs against Baylor, while missing a 45-yard field goal attempt ... Kicked the 28-yard game winning field goal against Missouri ... Was 2-of-3 on field-goal attempts and 2-of-2 on extra points against the Tigers ... Hit his lone FG attempt, from 38 yards, against SMU and hit a 19-yarder vs. Tulsa ... Connected on his first career field goal try from 35 yards, against UCLA.

High School: Over his last two prep seasons, he averaged more than 40 yards per punt ... Set a school record with 13 field goals as a junior and equaled that by going 13-of-15 on field goal tries as a senior with a long of 49 yards ... As a junior, was a first-team all-district pick as a punter, kicker and wide receiver, and was named second-team all-CenTex as a kicker and punter ... As a senior, was all-district as kicker and punter and first-team all-CenTex as a kicker and second-team as a punter ... Had six receptions for 150 yards and three field goals in a 36-6 win over Dewey ... Was also recruited by Arizona, Texas A&M and Texas.