Kansas City Chiefs President Carl Peterson announced on Tuesday that the club has released DE Eric Hicks. ?Eric has been an excellent football player for the Kansas City Chiefs and a superb representative of this organization in the community these past nine years,? President Carl Peterson stated. ?Eric is one of the best college free agents that we have signed since ?89. We congratulate he and wife, Erica, for undertaking so many charity endeavors in Kansas City. We will always consider them a part of the Chiefs family.? Hicks (6-6, 280) appeared in 128 games (104 starts) in nine seasons with the Chiefs, making him one of just 64 players in team history to start 100 or more games with the franchise. During his nine-year tenure with the club, he registered 44.5 sacks, the fifth-highest tally in Kansas City history. He also made 574 tackles (284 solo), a figure that ranks 12th in Chiefs annals. He enjoyed three seasons with 90 or more tackles, racking up a career-high 118 stops in 2003. In addition, he also registered nine forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, 15 passes defensed, 185 QB pressures, a blocked FG and two special teams tackles. He scored his lone professional TD on a 44-yard fumble return vs. Minnesota (12/12/99).