University of Memphis Athletics
2018 Football Roster
Oct 4 (Sat)
7 p.m.
Austin Hall
- Position:
- OLB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Collierville, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- Collierville HS
Career
Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in August 2018 ... Began work on a master’s degree in public administration in the fall of 2018 ... Had 51 total starts, including 38 at the hybrid STAR defensive position … Missed final two games of 2016 season and one game in 2019 as a result of a leg injury … Had 279 total tackles (194 solo) … Also had 33.5 TFL, 25 PBU, 11 QB hurries, seven fumble recoveries, five interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries returned for TD … Had 58 multi-tackle games ... Invited to the Spiral Tropical Bowl.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
2017 and 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Four-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) ... Dean’s List for 2017 fall, 2018 spring and 2019 spring semesters ... Tiger 3.0 Club for 2017 fall, 2018 spring, 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters ... 2019 American Athletic Conference Honorable Mention … Two-time American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2016; Oct. 16, 2017) … Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2017) … Paycom Jim Thorpe Player of the Week (Oct. 18, 2017) ... CollegeSportsMadness.com Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 15, 2017).
On The Charts
Career: 10th in TFL (33.5).
2019 (Redshirt Senior)
Started 13 of 14 games at the WILL defensive position … Missed the Houston game with a leg injury … Led the team in total tackles (75) … Had 13 multi-tackle games ... Fifth on the squad in solo hits (42) … One of five Tigers to record at least 40 solo stops … Had two games with double-digit tackles (Tulsa/SMU) … Had five games with at least four solo tackles … Recorded seven games with at least six total tackles … Led the team in fumble recoveries (2) and tied for team lead in interceptions (2) … Fifth on the team in sacks (2.5) … Had a PBU or an interception in seven of the 14 games … Recorded a career-high 13 tackles (5 solo) in the win at Tulsa … Also had one TFL and one PBU vs. the Golden Hurricane … Followed that game with a 10-tackle performance vs. SMU (6 solo) … Added a PBU vs. the Mustangs … Had solid outings in back-to-back weeks vs. Cincinnati … In the regular-season finale vs. the Bearcats, posted six total tackles (5 solo) and two TFL (2 yards) … The following week in The American Championship Game, credited with seven total stops (3 solo), one TFL/sack (2 yards) and one QB hurry … His QB hurry came on Cincinnati’s last drive with under a minute to play … Bearcats drove inside the Memphis 25-yard line with the Tigers leading 29-24 … On a second-and-10 from the Memphis 21-yard line, pressured Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder into an incompletion … Two plays later, the Bearcats turned the ball over on downs … Wrapped up college career with a six-tackle, one-interception performance vs. Penn State in the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic … Recorded the interception (his 2ndof the season) in the third quarter … The following Memphis drive resulted in a 51-yard field goal by Riley Patterson to bring the Tigers within two at 35-33 … Earlier in the campaign, logged a career-high two fumble recoveries (48 return yards) in the win at South Alabama … Returned his second recovery 48 yards for the second TD of his career … His TD came early in the fourth quarter and gave Memphis a 40-0 lead … Picked up his first recovery vs. South Alabama in the second quarter … His recovery led to a Patterson 36-yard FG for a 23-0 lead … Also had six tackles, one QB hurry and one PBU vs. the Jaguars … Had seven total stops (5 solo) and one TFL (4 yards) in a home win over Navy … Had a solid all-around outing in the home win over Tulane with three tackles (2 solo), 1.5 TFL, one interception (4 yards), one QB hurry and one PBU … His 1.5 vs. the Green Wave were a season-high … Interception vs. Tulane was his first of the season and fourth of his career … Memphis’ subsequent drive resulted in a TD to give Memphis a 13-3 lead … Recorded season-high yardage for TFL/sack (6 yards) in a win at Louisiana Monroe.
2018 (Redshirt Junior)
Started all 14 games at the hybrid STAR defensive position … Team’s fifth-leading tackler with 64 total hits (44 solo) … Registered 12 multi-tackle games … Fourth on the team in solo stops and third in TFL (9.0) … Led squad with two fumble recoveries and second on team with two forced fumbles … Third on squad in QB hurries (6) … Fourth on the team in passes defended (6) … Recorded a season-best eight total hits (4 solo) in a road win at ECU ... Credited with a season-high six solo stops at Navy (7 total tackles) ... Recorded a career high-tying 3.0 TFL vs. the Midshipmen ... Logged first collegiate fumble recovery in a home win over South Alabama ... Recovery came with the Jaguars driving inside the Memphis 10-yard line in the first quarter (kept the game tied at 7-all) ... Also forced a South Alabama fumble late in the game ... His forced fumble was recovered by Jacobi Francis to end the Jaguars’ final scoring threat ... Had six total stops (3 solo) and a QB hurry vs. South Alabama ... In a home win over Tulsa, had a fumble recovery and forced fumble on the same play ... Recovered his forced fumble early in the second quarter vs. the Golden Hurricane ... Posted a career-high two PBU in a win at SMU ... Had five total tackles (4 solo) in the win over Houston that clinched the league’s West Division title for the Tigers ... Credited with six total stops (4 solo) vs. UCF in The American Championship Game ... Had two solo hits, one TFL/sack, one PBU and one QB hurry vs. Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started all 13 games at the hybrid STAR defensive position … Team’s second-leading tackler with 84 total hits (66 solo) … Posted 12 multi-tackle games … Second on the team in solo stops, TFL (8.0) and interceptions (3) … Tied for team lead in fumble recoveries (2) … Tied for second on squad in QB hurries (4) … Fourth on the team in PBU (5) and passes defended (8) … Ranked among the American Athletic Conference leaders in tackles (19th) and fumble recoveries (6th) … Biggest performance of the season came in the home win over Navy … Had 10 total tackles (7 solo), two interceptions, one PBU and one fumble recovery … His fumble recovery came near the end of the second quarter and gave the Memphis offense a short field … Tigers converted a FG to tie the game at 10-all at halftime … First interception came on Navy’s first possession of the second half … Picked off the pass and returned the ball to the Navy 12-yard line … Tigers took two plays to score a TD for a 17-10 lead … Second interception ended Navy’s final possession late in the fourth quarter and sealed the Memphis win … Logged a career-high 11 solo tackles in a home win over Tulane … Also had a fumble recovery vs. the Green Wave … Credited with nine total tackles in three-straight games vs. UCLA (7-2), Southern Illinois (9-0) and UCF (6-3) … Registered first collegiate QB hurry vs. UCLA … His QB hurry came late in the fourth quarter on Josh Rosen, forcing him to throw an errant pass that T.J. Carter picked off … That drive was UCLA’s last inside the Memphis 20-yard line … Recorded his first collegiate sack vs. Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman)
Made 11 starts at the hybrid STAR defensive position … Missed the last two games (vs. Houston, Boca Raton Bowl) after suffering a leg injury in the Cincinnati game … Squad’s sixth-leading tackler with 56 total tackles (42 solo) … His 42 solo stops also were sixth on the team … Tied for second on the team with 7.5 TFL (27 yards) … Also had three PBU and one fumble recovery … Had nine multi-tackle games … Had best performance of the season in a road win at Tulane … Had season-bests for total tackles (12), solo hits (10), TFL (3), TFL yardage (13) and fumble recovery (1) vs. the Green Wave … Fumble recovery came off a Tulane punt return in the first quarter … Logged eight total tackles vs. Kansas (8-0), Temple (7-1) and Navy (2-6) … Had first collegiate PBU in a road game at Ole Miss … Received first collegiate start in the season opener vs. Southeast Missouri … Had two solo stops and one TFL vs. the Redhawks.
2015 (Freshman)
Redshirted … Member of the Tigers squad that posted a 9-4 overall record and a 5-3 league mark … Team earned a Birmingham Bowl bid.
High School
Played at Collierville High School for head coach Mike O’Neill ... All-district, all-metro and all-state at free safety ... Named team’s defensive MVP his senior season ... Had 48 total tackles (27 solo), 5.0 TFL, 10 PBU and six interceptions in 2014 ... Two-time Coaches Award honoree in 2013 and 2014 ... Named a Lifetime Captain for the Dragons program ... Played in the 2014 AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game ... Voted by his all-star game teammates to receive the Harris Jones Courage Award for leadership ... Also played baseball for former Tiger Jeff Hopkins.
Personal
Son of David and Carol Hall … Has three older brothers: Grant, Chris and Kevin … Born in Collierville, Tennessee … Birthday is December 29 ... Graduated with a degree in criminal justice in August ... Started studies for a master’s degree in public administration in the fall of 2018 ... Interned in the summer of 2017 with the Bartlett Police Department.
