TRANSACTIONS: Signed by the Dallas Cowboys as a college free agent on May 1, 2019...Waived by the Cowboys on Aug. 31, 2019...Signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad on Sept. 2, 2019...Released from the Bills practice squad on Sept. 12...Signed to the Bills practice squad on Sept. 24, 2019...Released from the Bills practice squad on Oct. 29, 2019...Signed to the Houston Texans practice squad on Dec. 3, 2019...Signed by the Texans on Jan. 13, 2020.
2019 (Buffalo 0/0; Houston 0/0, 0/0):
Spent the preseason with the Cowboys before being waived and signed to the Bills practice squad prior to Week 1
Spent Weeks 1 and 4-8 on the Bills practice squad
Spent Weeks 14-17 on the Texans practice squad
Played four seasons (2015-18) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and appeared in 48 career games with the Wildcats, totaling 259 total tackles (151 solo), 30.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, five interceptions, 15 passes defensed and two fumble recoveries
As a redshirt senior in 2018, started in nine games and finished with 51 tackles (32 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, two quarterback hits, one fumble recovery and ranked second on the team with three interceptions, earning him All-Big Ten honorable mention
Started in all 12 games as a redshirt junior in 2017 and finished second on the team with a career-high 79 total tackles, ranked second in the Big Ten and 13th nationally with 13.5 tackles for loss and notched a career-high 5.0 sacks. His 13.5 tackles or loss was the sixth-highest single-season total in team history
As a redshirt sophomore in 2016 he appeared in all 13 games and logged 73 total tackles, six tackles for loss and two passes defensed
As a redshirt freshman, appeared in all 13 games and started the final four, totaling 56 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and two passes defensed
Attended Southview High School outside of Toledo, Ohio, where he earned varsity letters in football, basketball and track and was a two-sport captain
Played tight end and linebacker and finished his high school career with 111 tackles and three interceptions on defense and caught 16 passes for 408 yards on offense, earning him District Defensive Player of the Year, first-team all-Ohio, All-Blade and all-conference honors
Son of James and Lori Hall
His brother, Jimmy, was a former safety at Northwestern and spent time with the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs
