2023 Senior Bowl Risers & Fallers: Jaren Hall

The competitive fires were on display at Senior Bowl all week. Players were giving it their all with dreams of the NFL Draft swirling in their heads. Thor Nystrom, Derek Brown, Crissy Froyd and Mike Maher were on-site in Mobile, AL to cover all of the practices, press conferences and interviews. Here are some final takeaways about QB Jaren Hall.

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Senior Bowl Faller: BYU QB Jaren Hall

Speaking of Bennett, he’s probably the biggest loser of the week at the quarterback position – simply because he bypassed the opportunity to impress amid the mediocre QB crop in Mobile, and was instead popped for public intoxication in the days leading up to Senior Bowl week.

But if we’re talking about the quarterbacks we saw, Hall has to be the biggest faller of the week. After measuring into the event at a disappointing 6’0 1/8 and 211 pounds, Hall’s practice week was littered with misfires and bad decisions.

The accuracy was off all week. You’d see Hall short-arm a pass that burned worms in front of an open receiver. Then you’d start to see him missing high. You’d see him place easy throws to uncovered receivers outside their frames, requiring them to cede YAC opportunities to retrieve it.

Hall had the worst accuracy in practice all week according to the charting of FantasyPros’ Crissy Froyd. Hall also had balls batted at the line, a potential concerning trend in lieu of his height.

His decision-making and field vision only exasperated the accuracy issue. On one particularly egregious interception in team drills, Hall misread the coverage and lolly-popped a ball right into the arms of a waiting defender who didn’t have to move to catch it.

Facing no pass-rush in an individual drill, Hall held the ball way too long, indecisive, and then had it squirt out of his hand as he finally cocked to throw.

Though Hall struggled, he did flash some of the physical tools that have made him an intriguing developmental possibility. Hall and Malik Cunningham were the only two quarterbacks recorded over 18 mph in max speed. And Hall did have a few eye-opening throws when his base was stable.

But whereas Haener’s arm appeared to be stronger than advertised, Hall’s didn’t have the zip I was hoping for. He finished last among quarterbacks in longest charted throw, and in the bottom-half of the group in average air distance, fastest ball speed out of hand, average initial air speed, highest spin rate, and average spin rate. This would have been an easier pill to swallow had these balls been hitting receivers on the hands.

Hall had a chance to seize a spot in that tier behind the top-4 consensus quarterbacks in the class. Instead, this week, he might have been bypassed on draft boards by Haener – at least.

And after such a lackluster showing, it was confusing that Hall elected not to play in the game, leaving Mobile on Friday afternoon. He’s a nice kid who still has fans in the NFL. But this was a missed opportunity.