Player Dossier

2017-2020

San Diego State

Darren Hall

CB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Pasadena, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darren Hall shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Usage / Role

66%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

95

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

60

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

92

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Player Story

Darren Hall built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Darren Hall's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8942

Buchholz · Gainesville, FL

Committed To
Texas A&M
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 3
Overall
No. 108
NFL Team
Atlanta Falcons

Darren Hall, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · San Diego State. Darren Hall shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
134
TFL
7.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
25
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Darren Hall quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · CB
Career Tackles
134
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · San Diego State
Top game
Nevada
Recruit profile
4-star · Buchholz · Texas A&M
High school pipeline
Buchholz · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 4 · Pick 3 · Atlanta Falcons
Latest roster
No. 23 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
37 tackles · CB 20th (top 7%) · Mountain West 29th (top 7%) · National 543rd (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State23-0--039.2
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State111-0-1042.8
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11442112042.8
2019 PostseasonSan Diego State11611--166.4
2019 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11432.50.5-16066.4
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State83720-6251

Related Context

Darren Hall played CB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darren Hall recorded 134 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

San Diego State paired 22 primary output with 38.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

33

Usage

9.6

Consistency

41.2

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0.5. Utah State: 0.5. San José State: 0. Hawai'i: 2. Nevada: 4. Colorado: 2. Colorado State: 1. BYU: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 2 by 13.3. Utah State: 5 by 25.8. San José State: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 4 by 36.7. Nevada: 11 by 85.8. Colorado: 1 by 24.2. Colorado State: 6 by 35. BYU: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

85.8 vs Nevada

Result
Sun 12/13@ BYUL 14-2844001
Sun 12/6vs Colorado StateW 29-17660010
Sat 11/28@ ColoradoSplash gameL 10-20110011
Sat 11/21@ Nevada10+ tackles · Splash gameL 21-2611101012
Sat 11/14vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 34-1043002
Sat 11/7vs San José StateL 17-2843000
Sun 11/1@ Utah StateW 38-7520.5000
Sun 10/25vs UNLVW 34-6210.5000

Player Story

Darren Hall story

Darren Hall built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Darren Hall's career was his defensive production: 134 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 6 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Darren Hall's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State06.31.4
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State925.26.49
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State925.26.40
2019 PostseasonSan Diego State2238.66.813
2019 Regular SeasonSan Diego State2238.66.80
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11339.6-11

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Nevada

Week 12 · L 21-26 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

95.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah State

Week 4 · L 17-23 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Boise State

Week 6 · W 19-13 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado State

Week 6 · W 24-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Fresno State

Week 12 · L 14-23 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · San Diego State

22 primary output · 38.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · San Diego State

66.4

22 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · San Diego State

51

11 primary · 33 efficiency · 9.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

12

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games