Derick Hall: Miracle

[D-train]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSZIAVqcu0

[Sexymarinersfan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSZIAVqcu0

Thank you for making me cry my eyes out!!! Geez louise!!!

But now I think I may have found my newest favorite Seahawk!!

[D-train]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSZIAVqcu0

Thank you for making me cry my eyes out!!! Geez louise!!!

But now I think I may have found my newest favorite Seahawk!!

That was pretty damn cool. Amazingly I read this in the Times and zero mention of it.

By Bob Condotta
Seattle Times staff reporter
Here’s what you need to know about the newest Seahawk.

Outside linebacker Derick Hall, Auburn
Drafted: Second round (37th overall)

Height: 6-3. Weight: 254.

Hometown: Gulfport, Mississippi (Gulfport High).

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Three things to know
— Hall was a three-sport star at Gulfport, also running track and starting on the basketball team. He said he was on relays and sprints as well as the long jump. Asked about his best long jump during a conference call with Seattle reporters Friday he laughed and said he didn’t want to lie but volunteered he’d run a 21.1 200.

— Hall, who was voted by teammates as a captain his final year at Auburn, seemed to agree with the scouts’ assessment that he’s known mostly as a speed rusher, and defending the run and expanding on his power pass-rush moves are the areas where he’s had to improve the most.

“I feel like my game overall has evolved a lot in the last year,” he said. “The biggest thing for me was counters (in his pass rush) have really, really gotten better within the past year and also my run defense being a lot more stout, setting that edge. I feel like my junior year was really good, but my senior year was really, really stout.”

— Hall counts as his hobbies hunting, fishing, bowling, golf and rebuilding trucks. He said he played 18 holes with his agent before the draft Friday, shooting a 97 (he said his best is 92). As for the truck rebuilding, Hall said he doesn’t do the frames but likes to take off wheels, brakes and routers and install his own. Hall said his pride and joy is the first truck he rebuilt a a few years ago, a 2014 RAM 1500. “The first time somebody put that together for me. The second time I bought the lift and I said I wanted to start trying this thing myself,” he said. “It came out really good, probably because I was using orange (Auburn’s colors). I’m in love with that truck. That’s my first one. That’s one that I will never sell. That is most definitely my pride and joy.”

Quote to note
“I play with a high motor, a great attitude. This game really means a lot to me. So just showing that love and appreciation and continue to do what got me there,’’ Hall said of his approach to football.

What the scouts say
“Hall is built like a Greek god, and he has reps that make him look like one, too. We just haven’t seen him develop a full array of pass-rushing moves just yet, as his pass-rushing grade plateaued after his sophomore year in 2020 (81.9, 82.1, 82.6).” — Pro Football Focus

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Highlights:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DkqP88wLc ... aWdodHM%3D

[SeattleAddict]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSZIAVqcu0

well hell. Now I see why PC/JS took him. They probably saw this video - he's the anti-Carter.

OK fine, I'm on board (still gotta get some beef though )

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Is Hall considered to be more talented than Boye Mafe was last year?

[seattlefan-daBronx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNSNFndhkg

THe intangibles. When he tackles he doesn't let go until his man eats grass.
ALso, he has hands for the ball, knocks it loose, creates fumbles.

I like it!

[D-train]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNSNFndhkg

THe intangibles. When he tackles he doesn't let go until his man eats grass.
ALso, he has hands for the ball, knocks it loose, creates fumbles.

I like it!

Good point on the tackling which was horrid last season. Should improve with Witherspoon and this guy.

[SeattleAddict]

Is Hall considered to be more talented than Boye Mafe was last year?

I think Mafe was rated a little higher by most, but Mafe was the raw talent that needed to develop. Hall is more refined.

[trharder]

Put his locker next to Bobby.