Joseph Hall

West Virginia

Nov 8 (Sat)

10 a.m.

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-9
Weight:
170
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
High School:
Mission Prep

AT COLORADO: 2016 (Jr./Sr.)—He decided to forego his senior year of eligibility and play as a senior in 2016. He played in one game on the year, seeing action against Oregon State where he caught one pass for six yards. He missed the last half of spring practices with a knee injury.

2015 (Soph.)—He saw action in three games (no starts) and dressed for seven others, but did not record any statistics. He caught five passes for 29 yards in the four main spring scrimmages.

2014 (Fr.)—He did not see any action, but did dress for two games (UCLA and Utah). The coaches named him the recipient of the Offensive Scout Player of the Year Award for his dedication on CU’s scout teams. He suffered a fractured finger in the fourth practice of the spring and missed the remaining practices, but still participated in all team conditioning activities. He joined the team as a walk-on for spring practice.

HIGH SCHOOL—He garnered first-team Division IV All-State and All-Area honors as a senior (second-team All-State as a junior), first-team All-CIF Northeast Division honors as a junior and senior and was a first-team San Luis Obispo All-County performer (senior; second-team as a junior). In earning three letters starting at both receiver and cornerback, he compiled some impressive career numbers in 32 games: he caught 131 passes for 2,550 yards, averaging 19.5 per, scoring 42 touchdowns; Defensively, he made 99 tackles (61 solo), with 12 interceptions and 18 passes broken up. He returned 20 kickoffs for 560 yards (28.0 per), and brought back 29 punts for 394 yards (13.6) with five combined kick returns for scores. His senior year, he hauled in 60 receptions for 1,365 yards and 24 touchdowns, averaging an impressive 22.8 yards per catch; he had 42 tackles, 12 passes broken up and three interceptions on defense. He had 12 career 100-yard games, eight in his senior year, when he caught at least three passes in 12 of 13 games. Top games included a 54-26 CIF semifinal win over Salesian his senior year, when caught four passes for 101 yards (3 TDs), with 14 tackles (12 solo) and five pass deflections on defense. In a 41-8 win over Frazier Mountain, he caught six passes for a career-high 168 yards and two scores. Under coach Chad Henry, Mission Prep was 11-2 his senior year, 8-2 his junior season and 6-4 his sophomore campaign. He also lettered four times in baseball (shortstop); in 92 career games, he batted .343 and owned an on base percentage of .471. He had two home runs, 52 runs batted in and scored 93 runs. He also played varsity soccer as a freshman, scoring two goals with two assists; he was the only frosh starter on Mission Prep’s undefeated 23-0 team that won the CIF Southern Section Division V championship.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado (in position to graduate in May 2017). He made the Principal’s Honor Roll every semester in high school, and also took AP and Honors courses each year as a prep.

PERSONAL—He was born February 15, 1994 in San Luis Obispo, Calif.