| Chris Hall |
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Senior Year: Named one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award...started all 13 games for the Seminoles in 2005...averaged 38.6 yards on 74 punts, dropping 24 inside the opponents' 20-yard line, 16 inside the 15...extended hang time has allowed FSU coverage unit to limit opponents to only 116 punt return yards all season...longest punt return was a 20-yarder by NC State's Darrell Blackman, one of only two returns greater than 10 yards against Hall in 2005...last had a punt blocked on 10/25/04 against Clemson, a streak of 137 without a block.
Junior Year (2004): The Seminoles' starting punter who averaged a career-high 42.1 yards on a career-high 67 punts...ranked third
in the ACC in punting average...dropped 21 of his 67 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 16 punts of 50 yards or more...boomed a career-long 61-yard punt in the rain at NC State...punted a career-high 11
times against the Wolfpack...his 11 punts against NC State came
within one of tying the all-time single-game Florida State record...kicked
at least one punt of 50 yards or more in 11 of the Seminoles' 12 games...
the Seminoles' punter in all 12 games and averaged 40 or more yards
per punt in 10 of the 12 games.
Sophomore Year (2003): Served as the backup punter to veteran
starter Jesse Stein...kicked in three games and had three punts for a
49.3 average...season-long punt of 54 yards came against Maryland...
also had a 50-yard kick against Colorado and one for 44 yards at Duke.
Freshman Year (2002): Backup punter who was called upon to
punt twice during his redshirt freshman season...first career punt of 36
yards came at Maryland...second career punt of 34 yards came against
North Carolina.
2001: A walk-on member of the team who redshirted.
High School: Graduated from Centreville High School in 2001...
earned all-state first-team honors as a senior...named All-Met First
Team by the Washington Post in 2000...led the Virginia 3A Northern
Region with a 45.4 yard average on 42 kicks...pinned opponents inside
the 20-yard line 25 times on 42 kicks...earned All-Virginia 3A
Concord district honors as a senior...helped lead Centreville to its first
ever Virginia 3A District 6 championship...Centreville was ranked
No. 4 in the final Washington Post Top 20 rankings during his senior
season.
Personal: Born September 13, 1983...major is sport management...earned his bachelor's degree in sport management in December 2005 commencement exercises.