Hokie Club9 - Vince HallPosition: Linebacker
Class: r-Sophomore
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 236 lbs.
High School: Western Branch
Hometown: Chesapeake, Va.
Brings good football IQ, toughness, play-making skills and a nose for the football to the table at the mike linebacking spot ... Is always around the football ... Was really strong against the running game last season, finishing second on the team in tackles ... Needed improvement in the passing game and showed that during the spring ... Is becoming a complete linebacker ... Started 12 games last year as a freshman ... Named a third-team freshman All-American by The Sporting News ... Named an All-ACC Freshman Team selection by that same publication as a linebacker, picking up ACC Freshman Defensive Player of the Year honors, as well ... Has a bright future with the Hokies ... 2004: Played in all 13 games, starting the last 12 ... Recorded 21 solo stops and 43 assists ... Included in those 64 tackles were 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack ... Also had a forced fumble, three pass break ups and seven quarterback hurries ... Played 522 snaps on defense and 22 on special teams in the regular season ... Picked up five tackles in his collegiate debut, coming against USC ... Made his first collegiate start the next week against Western Michigan, leading the team with 10 tackles ... Led the way with eight tackles and a break-up against Duke ... Had four tackles, a forced fumble and his first collegiate sack in the win over No. 6 West Virginia ... Led the team with 10 tackles and had a quarterback hurry against Virginia ... Once again led the way with eight tackles at Miami, picking up a pass break up as well ... Earned Iron Hokie honors after posting a 340-pound bench press, a 530-pound back squat, a 326-pound power clean and a 321-pound push jerk ... Also recorded a 33-inch vertical jump ...
2003: Practiced at the mike linebacker position while redshirting ... Turned in a 305-pound jerk and a 340-pound clean during spring max testing ... Posted five tackles, three tackles for loss, a sack, a pass broken up and forced a fumble during the Hokies' first scrimmage of the spring ... Was also in on five tackles during the third scrimmage ... Had a tackle behind the line and broke up a pass during the annual Maroon-White game ...
High School: The 2002 Gatorade State Football Player of the Year ... Lettered four seasons as a linebacker and tight end for Coach Lew Johnston at Western Branch ... Named an All-American by both SuperPrep and PrepStar as a linebacker following his senior season ... Recorded over 120 tackles, 23 tackles for loss and 10 sacks his senior season ... Also had three interceptions ... Listed 63rd on SuperPrep's Elite 100 rankings of top prospects ... Was a 2002 AAA first-team all-state selection by The Associated Press as a linebacker ... A first-team selection to the 2002 AAA Coaches all-state team at the linebacker spot while earning second-team honors as a tight end ... Named to the VHSCA All-Eastern Region first team as both a linebacker and a tight end ... Named to the first-team All-Tidewater squad as a senior, earning the Abe Goldblatt Player of the Year Award ... Named the Eastern Region and Southeastern District Defensive Player of the Year as both a junior and senior ... Earned first-team All-Southeastern District honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... A first-team selection to the 2001 AAA Coaches and Associated Press all-state teams at the linebacker spot as a junior ... A first-team All-Tidewater selection as a junior and a second-team selection as a sophomore ... Rated the No. 133 prospect nationally and the No. 14 player in the Mid-Atlantic region by Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report ... Ranked the No. 3 player in Virginia by The Roanoke Times ... Rated the No. 5 inside linebacker in the nation by Tom Lemming on ESPN.com ... Rated the No. 5 linebacker in the country and the No. 2 prospect in Virginia by SuperPrep magazine ... Named the Norfolk Sports Club Athlete of the Year ... Also selected the Ace Parker Sportsman of the Year ...
Personal: Vincent Larry Hall ... Born 12/3/84 in Kingsville, TX ... Son of Wilbert and Cathy Hall ... Majoring in apparel, housing, resource management.
| Rushing | G | No. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | LG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | 24 |
| Receiving | G | No. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | LG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 1 | 29 |
| Tackles | G | UT | AT | Tot. | Loss | Sacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 63 | 30 | 93 | 3-11 | 0-0 |
| 2004 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 4.5-11 | 1-3 |
| 2005 | 13 | 43 | 69 | 112 | 8.5-25 | 3-16 |
| 2006 | 13 | 61 | 67 | 128 | 10.5-35 | 2-21 |
| 2007 | 10 | 37 | 63 | 100 | 6.5-28 | 3.5-23 |
| Career | 62 | 225 | 272 | 497 | 33-110 | 9.5-63 |
| Interceptions | G | No. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | LG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Career | 36 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | 13 |
| Punt Ret. | G | No. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | LG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 33 | 487 | 14.8 | 3 | 60 |
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