James Hall (American football)

James Hall

Hall in November 2010
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Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1977-02-04) February 4, 1977 (age 47) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	281 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school:	St. Augustine (New Orleans)
College:	Michigan (1995–1999)
Undrafted:	2000
Career history
Detroit Lions (2000–2006) St. Louis Rams (2007–2011)
Career highlights and awards AP national champion (1997) Third-team All-American (1999) Second-team All-Big Ten (1998) Career NFL statistics Total tackles: 532 Sacks: 63.0 Forced fumbles: 15 Fumble recoveries: 6 Interceptions: 1 Defensive touchdowns: 2 Stats at Pro Football Reference James Bradford Hall (born February 4, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions from 2000 to 2006 and St. Louis Rams from 2007 to 2011. Hall signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, starting for three years and playing on their national championship 1997 team. Early life Hall earned All-State honors as senior at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans. after totaling 67 tackles, eight sacks, and one interception as senior. College career At the University of Michigan, Hall majored in sports marketing and administration and was a three-year starting defensive end for the Michigan Wolverines. Hall had 185 tackles and 25 sacks in his career. [1] Coming off the bench for 11 games, Hall had 17 tackles and three sacks as a redshirt freshman in 1996. Then in 1997, when Michigan won the AP National Championship Trophy, Hall started 11 out of 12 games played at rush linebacker, with 51 tackles and four sacks. [2] As a junior in 1998, Hall was named to the All-Big Ten Conference second-team with career-highs in tackles (63) and sacks (11). In his senior season of 1999, he was a third-team The Sporting News All-American, All-Big Ten honorable mention, and Butkus Award semifinalist after making 54 tackles and seven sacks. [1] Professional career Pre-draft Pre-draft measurables Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump 6 ft 2+1⁄8 in (1.88 m) 271 lb (123 kg) 5.01 s 1.73 s 2.85 s 4.51 s 7.86 s 32 in (0.81 m) 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) All values from NFL Combine. [3] Detroit Lions He went undrafted in the 2000 NFL draft, but signed a three-year deal for $880,000 with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent. In his rookie season of 2000 he played in five games recording one sack. The following season of 2001 he made 35 tackles and four sacks in 15 appearances. In 2002, he made 49 tackles and recorded two sacks. Prior to the 2003 season Hall signed with the Lions a one-year tender for $1.32 million. During that season of 2003, he started 16 games for the first time in his career, finishing the campaign with 59 tackles and 4.5 sacks. In 2004, despite suffering a broken hand on the opening weekend at the Chicago Bears, Hall recorded 48 tackles and a career-high 11.5 sacks. This excellent season led to a renegotiation of Hall's contract. The Lions re-signed Hall to a five-year extension. The terms of the new contract was five years for $14 million. The following campaign, the 2005 season, he recorded 59 tackles (including a career-high nine tackles at the Green Bay Packers on December 11) he also had five sacks on the season. In 2006, Hall had a career-high 3.5 sacks against the Buffalo Bills on October 15, 2006. The Lions won the game and got their first victory of the 2006 season. He finished his last season at the Lions with 24 tackles and five sacks. St. Louis Rams On March 2, 2007, the Detroit Lions traded James Hall to the St. Louis Rams for a conditional draft selection. After two seasons, he was released but later re-signed by the Rams. Hall would go on to start for rest of his tenure in St.Louis and was fairly productive with Chris Long on the other side. He went on to have 250 combined tackles and 30 sacks in five seasons in St. Louis. [4] He was cut on March 12, 2012. NFL career statistics Legend Led the league Bold Career high Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD 2000 DET 5 0 3 2 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2001 DET 15 0 35 26 9 4.0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1 2002 DET 16 14 49 34 15 2.0 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 22 1 2003 DET 16 16 62 48 14 4.5 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2004 DET 16 16 48 38 10 11.5 10 1 30 0 30 5 4 1 0 0 2005 DET 14 14 60 52 8 5.0 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2006 DET 7 7 25 17 8 5.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2007 STL 15 15 59 44 15 2.5 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2008 STL 16 2 44 37 7 6.5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2009 STL 14 14 42 39 3 4.5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2010 STL 16 16 55 49 6 10.5 8 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 2011 STL 15 15 50 38 12 6.0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 165 129 532 424 108 63.0 84 1 30 0 30 17 15 6 30 2 References "James Hall". St. Louis Rams. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2020. "James Hall". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on May 6, 2000. Retrieved October 19, 2020. "James Hall, DS #17 DE, Michigan". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021. "James Hall". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved October 19, 2020. External links NFL.com profile St. Louis Rams profile This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.