He was named the CIF 2-A Co-Player of the Year and earned All-CIF First-team honors while averaging 18.0 points per game.
[7][8] In 1983, Bickett earned a starting role as a defensive end, although he did not play in a traditional three-point lineman stance.
Bickett played as a third outside linebacker alongside fellow junior Jack Del Rio and senior Keith Browner.
[9][10] Despite spraining is knee in a mid-season loss against Arizona State, Bickett came back the following week against rivals Notre Dame.
[17] However, when he joined the team prior to the regular season opener he was an immediate starter and appeared in all 16 games at outside linebacker.
[19] His high production continued throughout the season, finishing the year with 141 total tackles, six sacks, one forced fumble, and one interception.
[21] Despite Bickett's positive play, the Colts started the season at 0-13 and finished at 3–13 after firing head coach Rod Dowhower and replacing him with Ron Meyer.
In his first game back after the strike ended, Bickett helped seal the win against the New England Patriots.
Bickett played in all 12 games not affected by the strike, posting 113 total tackles, a career-high eight sacks, and two forced fumbles.
The Colts won the AFC East Division with a 9–6 record, making their first playoff appearance since moving to Indianapolis.
[20] In 1993, Bickett's final season with the Colts, he was given the franchise tag increasing his salary to the average of the top five linebackers in the NFL.
Three of those sacks came in week four against the Cleveland Browns, where Bickett and the Colts stifled quarterbacks Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde on the way to a 23–10 victory.
They won the NFC West Division and defeated the defending Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional Round.
In the 1996 NFC Championship Game, the Panthers lost to the eventual Super Bowl winning Green Bay Packers.
He served as an assistant coach at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California.