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{{Short description|American football player (born 1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Vince Hall
| image         = Vince Hall.jpg
| image_size    = 200
| caption       = Hall with [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]] in 2007
| number        = 11
| position      = [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1984|12|3}}
| birth_place   = [[Kingsville, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 5
| height_in     = 11
| weight_lbs    = 238
| college       = [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]
| undraftedyear = 2008
| pastteams     =
* [[St. Louis Rams]] ({{NFL Year|2008}})*
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|2008}}–{{NFL Year|2009}})*
* [[Richmond Raiders]] (2010)
* [[Richmond Revolution]] ({{IFL Year|2010}})
* [[Richmond Raiders]] (2011)
| highlights    =
* First-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|2006]])
* Second-team All-ACC ([[2005 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|2005]])
* [[Dudley Award]] (2006)
}}
'''Vincent Larry Hall''' (born December 3, 1984) is a former [[American football]] [[linebacker]]. He was signed by the [[St. Louis Rams]] as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 2008. He played [[college football]] at [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]. Hall was also a member of the [[Buffalo Bills]], [[Richmond Raiders]] and [[Richmond Revolution]].
==Early life==
He played [[high school football]] at [[Western Branch High School]] in [[Chesapeake, Virginia]] where he lettered four seasons as a linebacker and was named an All-American by both SuperPrep and PrepStar as a linebacker following his senior season. That year, he recorded over 120 tackles, 23 tackles for loss and 10 sacks and also had three interceptions. Also was a 2002 AAA First-team All-State selection. He earned first-team All-Southeastern District honors as a sophomore, junior and senior. Additionally, he was a First-team All-State as a junior.
== College career ==
In 2007, Hall played in 10 games and had 100 tackles, with 6.5 going for a loss and 3.5 sacks and one interception.  In 2006, he made  128 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, eight quarterback hurries, two sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a pass broken up. In 2005, he had 43 solo and 69 assisted tackles  and included in those 112 stops were 8.5 TFL, three sacks, two interceptions, eight passes broken up and 15 QB hurries. In 2004, he played in all 13 games, starting the last 12 and recorded 21 solo stops and 43 assists with 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack, a forced fumble, three pass breakups and seven quarterback hurries.  In 2003, he redshirted. He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.
=== Accolades ===
1st Team All-ACC Player 2006
Dudley Award for best player in the Commonwealth of Virginia 2006
Ranked the 5th best Virginia Tech Player of the Decade by Techsideline.com [http://www.techsideline.com/news_archive/showArticle-5019.php]
== Professional career ==
===Pre-draft===
Hall 5-11¼ and weighed 238 and was timed at 4.89 in the 40-yard dash, a 340-pound bench press and a 14 Wonderlic score.
===Buffalo Bills===
Hall was added to the Bills practice squad on December 9, 2008, after being released by St. Louis on September 9, 2008. Originally entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Rams on May 6, 2008. He was released by the Bills on May 12, 2009.
===Richmond Raiders===
Hall was signed by the [[Indoor Football League]]'s [[Richmond Revolution]] on March 25, 2010, joining fellow former Hokies [[Bryan Randall]], Noland Burchette, Lawrence Lewis, and Chris Segaar.
==External links==
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*[http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/Vince-Hall/f63bb851-aea4-451f-85c8-43302bfde954 Buffalo Bills bio]
*[http://www.stlouisrams.com/team/players/67552/ St. Louis Rams bio]
*[http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/2007/hall.html Virginia Tech Hokies bio]
{{Dudley Award}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Vince}}
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kingsville, Texas]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Chesapeake, Virginia]]
[[Category:American football linebackers]]
[[Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football players]]
[[Category:St. Louis Rams players]]
[[Category:Buffalo Bills players]]
[[Category:Richmond Raiders players]]
[[Category:Richmond Revolution players]]