2001: Veteran offensive lineman who has worked his way up the depth chart each year ... saw action against Southwest Texas and Baylor last year ... has done a great job as part of the Tigers’ scout team offense.
2000: Worked at getting bigger and better for the Tigers ... spent much of the season as a scout-team member ... earned offensive scout-team “Player of the Week” vs. Texas … saw his first action in the season opener vs. Western Illinois … got into his first Big 12 Conference game at Baylor.
1999: Spent most of the year on the offensive scout-team improving his skills as an offensive lineman ... earned offensive scout-team “Player of the Week” during preparation for Colorado.
1998: Redshirt year.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-state offensive lineman for Jackson High School, who went 11-1 in 1997 and ranked sixth in Missouri Class 5A ... earned all-conference and all-district honors on both sides of the ball and was the Southeast Missouri “Lineman of the Year” ... also recruited by Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Arkansas State ... also lettered in wrestling and track.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Herre Hall, both graduates of the University of Missouri ... father is a physician, mother is a teacher ... high school coach- Carl Gross ... born July 22, 1980 in Kansas City ... majoring in animal science ... enjoys hunting and fishing ... played the saxophone for two years in the Jackson High Band ... a Junior Rotarian as well as a member of the high school yearbook staff ... was a “Just Say No” facilitator to fifth graders.
