Derick Hall

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Derick Hall
No. 58 – Seattle Seahawks
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (2001-03-19) March 19, 2001 (age 22)
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:254 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High school: Gulfport
College: Auburn (2019–2022)
NFL Draft: 2023  / Round: 2 / Pick: 37
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Total tackles:38
Pass deflections:1
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Derick Hall (born March 19, 2001) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn.

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Early life and high school career

Hall was born on March 19, 2001, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was born four months premature, and was dead at birth without a heartbeat before being resuscitated. [1] [2] Weighing just 2 pounds and 1 ounce at birth, with brain bleeding, he spent a week on life support. [3] [1] [2] Believing that he would likely be a in a permanent vegetative state, doctors advised his mother Stacy Gooden-Crandle to allow life support to be discontinued, but she refused. [1] [2] Hall would spend five months in the NICU on a ventilator before finally going home with his family. [1] [3] [2] In his early years he would be frequently hospitalized and suffered from asthma. [3] [1] Hall began playing flag football when he was 4, and tackle football when he was 9. [3] [2] He attended Gulfport High School where he played both offense and defense. [3] Coming out of high school, he was a four-star prospect by Rivals.com, [4] the 147th overall recruit and the 8th ranked weakside defensive end. He committed to play college football at Auburn University over Mississippi State and Ole Miss, citing his relationship with Auburn assistant coach Rodney Garner as the reason for his commitment. [5] [3]

College career

Hall was primarily a rotational player as a freshman and sophomore, recording a total of 34 tackles and four sacks. [6] Hall became a starter as a junior, where he recorded 52 total tackles and nine sacks. [7] He was named second-team All-SEC in 2021 and first-team All-SEC in 2022. [8] [9]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 2+3⁄4 in
(1.90 m)		254 lb
(115 kg)		34+1⁄2 in
(0.88 m)		10 in
(0.25 m)		4.55 s1.59 s2.64 s4.20 s7.23 s33.5 in
(0.85 m)		10 ft 7 in
(3.23 m)
Sources: [10] [11]

Hall was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the 37th pick in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft. [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NFL 360 Presents: Derick Hall MIRACLE". www.seahawks.com. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Green, Tom (April 11, 2023). "Road to the Pros: Derick Hall's unlikely path to becoming pride of Gulfport". al. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Derick Hall II, 2019 Outside Linebacker, Auburn". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Derick Hall, Gulfport, Outside Linebacker". 247Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Derick Hall College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Derick Hall Stats". ESPN. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ "2021 All-SEC Football Team Announced". www.secsports.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ Green, Tom (December 6, 2022). "Auburn's Derick Hall makes coaches All-SEC first-team defense". al. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Derick Hall Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ "2023 NFL Draft Scout Derick Hall College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  12. ↑ Boyle, John (April 28, 2023). "Seahawks Select OLB Derick Hall With 37th Overall Pick". Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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