James Hall (American football)

James Hall

Hall in November 2010
No. 63, 96
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1977-02-04) February 4, 1977 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. 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. 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.

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.

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. 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

External links

• NFL.com profile
• St. Louis Rams profile