Hall grew up in Streetsboro, Ohio and attended Streetsboro High School.[1] As a junior, he made 72 tackles with 17 tackles for loss and five sacks.[2] Hall was the nation’s No. 54 overall player and a 4-star rated defensive tackle as a high school senior in 2020. Hall committed to play college football at Ohio State over offers from Cincinnati, Maryland, and Penn State.[3]
College career
In 2021, Hall redshirted his true freshman season at Ohio State after playing in four games.[4] He entered his redshirt freshman season as a starter on the Buckeyes' defensive line.[5][6] Hall had four total tackles with two tackles for loss and one sack in Ohio State's 2022 season-opening win against Notre Dame.[7][8] Despite limited playing time due to injury, his 7.5 tackles-for-loss for 46 yards was the teams best. Hall enters his third season with the program in 2023 where he has played in 16 games.[2] In his career with the Buckeyes, he has amassed 19 pressures, and 5 sacks.[9]
Hall Jr. was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round, 54th overall, of the 2024 NFL draft.[13] He was placed on the commissioner's exempt list to start the 2024 season due to an August 2024 arrest on domestic violence charges.[14][15]
Personal life
On August 13, 2024, Hall was arrested in Avon, Ohio following a domestic dispute that occurred the previous night.[16] Hall subsequently pleaded "no contest" to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct during a September 19, 2024 hearing in Avon Lake Municipal Court. The presiding judge handed him a 30-day suspended jail sentence, a $250 fine and two years monitored time. During the court hearing, Hall said "I regret this whole situation. I'm getting counseling and trying to better myself."[17][15]