Without checking, I doubt it. I do know he had a NW offer for a long time.
With Elston being in charge of Indy, all I know is he didn't get an offer when it was BK, BVG, Lyght & Elston making the decision. As soon as it was BK, Elko, Lyght, Elston... he got an offer. Deductive reasoning says:
A. BVG is to blame.
I get having Graham and even Adebo above him but Hicks is NOT the athlete nor prospect Russ Yeast is. It was a forgone conclusion that Hicks was a swing guy as a DB. That's basic code for, he's slow. Doesn't mean he can't be a good DB but it says he closer to 4.7 than he is 4.4. Adebo is like Yeast. He's a football player on both sides of the ball. Very productive, high ceiling guys. If it's that close, why do you not offer the guy closest to campus too?
Gotta heat check these guys with offers early. These guys are spoiled with attention, if you aren't bringing it, they're like... fine, don't offer me ND. I got a Bama offer. Who's wrong here?