WR Roy Hall (Official Thread)

[Buckskin86]

Coming back from injury ? Hall, a fifth-round draft choice a year ago, was coming along nicely his first year before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury at Houston on Sept. 23. He was hurt after a special-teams collision with former Texans? defensive tackle Cedric Killings.

Killings, who ended up missing the rest of the season as well due to a fractured vertebra in his neck, was forced to retire from the league in late February due to the injury. He has recovered fully but was told by team doctors that he suffered an increased risk of permanent paralysis if he continued to play.

The outcome of that injury was not lost on Hall, who has been given a clean bill of health and is looking forward to showing what he can do this season.

?I?ve watched [the play] a couple of times in the offseason from different angles. Sometimes it looks like he got the best of me and then other times it looks like I got the best of him. I care to look at the ones where I got the best of him,? he said.

?But it was kind of sad to see that he had to retire this year. My heart goes out to him and his family. I heard that he was a great special-teams player and a hard worker. His career is cut short, but that?s the game of football. If I had to do it all over again I would [show] the same aggressiveness and [play] the same kind of play. It?s just football.?

Hall might have been able to return and play late last season had he not been placed on the Colts? injured-reserve list. That effectively ended his first year in the league, but it also provided him additional time to acclimate himself to life in the NFL and to get an early start on preparing for 2008.

?We just did a lot of drill work. Kevin Rogers, who?s one of our pro scouts, he took me out ever since back in December and ran me through some drills ? some hand work and some foot work. It helped out a lot. And when we started coaching sessions, [wide receivers coach Clyde Christensen] took me out there, took us out there as a group and got after it. It?s helped a lot,? he admitted, adding that he was excited to get back on the practice field for the start of minicamp. His comfort level heading into training camp is high.

?Absolutely. I thought when I got out there, my memory wasn?t as quite as I thought it was going to be. But as I keep playing and going through the plays and rehearsing the plays, it came back to me pretty fast. The game slows down once you know the plays and know what?s going on. It?s helped out a lot, being injured, being able to see everything and get things done right.?

Hall is expected to see work both as a slot and outside receiver. He is currently working behind Wayne, learning as he goes along.

?A little bit of slot work, but mostly outside,? he said. ?I?m No. 2 behind Reggie Wayne and he?s a great teacher. Sometimes I find myself kind of mimicking some of things that he does. But why not try to be like one of the best in the league. It?s really helping me out watching him and communicating with him. He?s really helping me out a lot.?

Terre Haute News, Terre Haute, Indiana- TribStar.com - Gonzalez’s model for progression with Colts: Reggie Wayne

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Best of luck to Roy! He's a Buckeye that I've always cheered a little extra for.

 

[Buckskin86]

Word out of Indianapolis is that super-sized WR Roy Hall appears poised to finally make an impact. Injuries and poor fundamentals kept him from so much as catching a pass during his rookie year, but a team insider noted to PFW that he has finally learned how to catch the ball with his hands instead of trapping it against his body and looks markedly more natural on the field. At 6-3 and 240 pounds, he?s always had the body.

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[GrizzlyBuck]

Although I hate how the media characterizes Roy's fundamentals (you'd think he never had any coaching at all) I look forward to seeing he and Gonzo on the field shredding defenses leading the Colts to another Super Bowl (sorry got carried away there a bit )

 

[scooter1369]

I seem to recall Roy catching a lot of passes with his hands here.

 

[GrizzlyBuck]

I seem to recall Roy catching a lot of passes with his hands here.

You are obviously mistaken since the media said that he learned that as a Colt, you must have seen him catch the balls that bounced off his chest with his hands

 

[Buckskin86]

Former Buckeye Roy Hall to host football camp at Brush
Posted by Doug Lesmerises
June 26, 2008

Former Ohio State receiver Roy Hall is looking forward to a second season in the NFL after his rookie year with the Indianapolis Colts was derailed by injury. But first he's looking to get back to his hometown.

On Saturday, Hall, a Brush High grad, will host a football camp for high schoolers at his old high school from 8 a.m. until about 5 p.m. Hall said friends and former college teammates expected to work the camp include former Ohio State players Rob Sims, Mike Kudla and Mike D'Andrea and current New York Giant and Cleveland Heights grad Barry Cofield.

The camp is open for players entering their freshman through senior years of high school. Cost is $60 and more information, including a registration form, can be found at Roy Hall 83 - Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. All campers will get a T-shirt and autographs from the counselors.

"It's just an opportunity for me to reach out and mentor these kids," Hall said. "Everyone can't afford to go to something like an Ohio State football camp, so I wanted to do something simple and get involved with the kids in the community."

Hall will hold a similar camp in the Columbus area, at Harvest Prep, on July 19.

Then he'll be ready to hit the field himself. As a rookie, Hall was sidelined after suffering a shoulder injury while covering a kickoff on Sept. 23 against Houston.

"I was a 230-pound receiver running down and hitting the wedge full speed. And I got the least of it," Hall said.

The player he hit, 310-pound Cedric Killings, broke his neck and decided to retire rather than risk further injury.

"It was tough," Hall said. "But fans love those big hits and it's part of the game. It's the only sport where you can really be violent like that and it's legal. That's the profession we chose."

Former Buckeye Roy Hall to host football camp at Brush - Cleveland Sports News ?€“ The Latest Breaking News, Game Recaps and Scores from The Plain Dealer

 

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Former Ohio State WR Roy Hall gives back


By Carlos "Big C" Holmes
Staff Writer

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Former Ohio State wide receiver Roy Hall was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round of the 2007 draft, and is now on a mission to share his dream of a life in the NFL with the youth of America by holding an instructional football camp for high school players seeking the same dream.
Hall and eight other NFL players and 20 former Buckeye players from different eras will be at Harvest Preparatory School in Canal Winchester, OH outside Columbus on July 19 for the one-day camp.
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[Buckskin86]

Tuesday, July 8
A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENT
By John Oehser - Colts.com

Wide Receiver Hall Says He Gained Knowledge, Confidence After Rookie-Season Injury

INDIANAPOLIS ? He didn?t play long last year ? not nearly as long as he wanted.

That didn?t keep Roy Hall from learning.

Hall, a second-year wide receiver for the Colts, sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in the third week of last season doing the thing he said ensured him a place on the Colts? roster ? playing special teams. The Colts placed him on injured reserve days later.

Which was when Hall said he began really learning. He said he learned about what to do on the field. He said he learned about how the NFL works off it.

Mostly, he said, he learned what it takes to contribute to a successful team at the highest level of football, which he said brings him to his task entering his second season:

That is, take what he learned and apply it.

?This year, I?d say I?m more focused on trying to get better,? Hall said during the Colts? recent 2008 organized team activities, 14 days of onfield work that ended last month at the team?s training facility.

?Being hurt last year gave me the opportunity to see how things operate around here on and off the field ? and especially during the season, how much of a business environment it is and how serious it is and how focused you have to be and how much you do have to sacrifice to be a successful team.

?For me, it?s taking what I learned in my downtime and trying get better.?

?When they put me on IR, I was able to watch film and watch tapes and then I started workouts,? Hall said. ?From there, that led into the offseason training. . . .

?I came right back here and was able to go right into the football part. Usually, the offseason is the time guys take to rest. I?d been resting.?

?Last year, for me, I didn?t know exactly how it was going to play out as far as making the team, not making the team,? Hall said. ?I more said, ?OK, I?m struggling a little learning the offense. I?m trying my best, but how I can make up for is by going all out on special teams and contribute on that side of it.? I understood I couldn?t master the whole offense that (eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback) Peyton Manning has been running for 10 years, and (eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver) Marvin (Harrison) has been here 10-12 years. I said, ?I can?t learn that in just one summer and one training camp, but what I can do is give great effort and try my best on offense and special teams.? That of helped me last year.

?Now I know my job and I know my duties on special teams. I can hone more on techniques and fundamentals of being a wide receiver, then incorporate that into the offensive package.?

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[Buckskin86]

Former Buckeye receiver to have skills camp
By SEAN GOLDEN ? Sports Writer ? July 16, 2008

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CANAL WINCHESTER - Roy Hall is trying to impart some of the most important lessons he's learned along the way in a successful football career.


He'll have plenty of help getting those lessons across, as Hall will have the first annual Roy Hall Football Skills Camp at Harvest Preparatory School on Saturday.

The former Ohio State receiver graduated in 2006 and is in his second season for the Indianapolis Colts. Hall will be joined by almost 30 former Ohio State and National Football League players.

"The inspiration actually came from when I was little," Hall said. "There really wasn't anything like this in my neighborhood. It's an opportunity to give back to the high school kids. The way things are, kids are always trying to find an edge. We want to educate them on life skills and help them find a way to leave a positive legacy."

Former Buckeye receiver to have skills camp | lancastereaglegazette.com | Lancaster Eagle Gazette

 

[scooter1369]

Roy Hall is just doing what Buckeyes do.

PAY IT FORWARD

 

[Buckskin86]

Players to watch

Wide receiver Roy Hall: Hall got a lot of attention from fans and the coaching staff as a rookie for his combination of size (6-3, 240), athletic ability and speed. The problem is that he is regarded as somewhat of a project.

After seeing limited playing time as a collegian at Ohio State due to the overall quality depth at his position, the 2007 fifth-round draft pick missed most of his rookie season in the NFL due to a shoulder injury. He is now being counted on to make a run at being the fourth receiver in the Colts rotation.

Big enough to be used as a tight end or H-Back, the Indianapolis coaching staff remains steadfast in using Hall strictly as a wide receiver. He backed up starter Reggie Wayne during the team?s 2008 offseason workouts.

Terre Haute News, Terre Haute, Indiana- TribStar.com - Colts prepare to open camp with Manning on crutches

 

[Buckskin86]

Photo Gallery: Roy Hall's Harvest Prep Football Camp
By Gary Housteau, Field Correspondent & Photographer
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Posted Jul 20, 2008

Roy Hall

After hosting a successful Cleveland-area football camp at his alma mater, Brush High School, in late June, Hall followed that up with another very successful football camp at the Harvest Preparatory School.

Bucknuts.com - Photo Gallery: Roy Hall's Harvest Prep Football Camp 2008

 

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Published: July 26, 2008
Young, hungry and fast: Behind Indy?s stars is talented crop of receivers

By David Hughes
The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE ? When the Indianapolis Colts let first-teamers Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Anthony Gonzalez take a breather from practice and send their young reserves on the field, they don?t lose any speed.

These young receivers are not as crafty and experienced as multi-time Pro Bowlers Harrison and Wayne, but they?re definitely fast.

Roy Hall, whom the Colts drafted in the fifth round out of Ohio State in 2007, was timed in the 40-yard dash in 4.41 seconds at his Pro Day in March 2007.

The powerfully built Hall (6 feet 3, 240 pounds) suffered a shoulder injury in the third game and missed the remainder of the 2007 season.

?It was frustrating not being able to play, especially when we had a lot of guys go down [with injuries], including myself,? Hall reflected during training camp this weekend at Rose-Hulman. ?I know I could have been contributing, but I wasn?t able to. Whenever you can?t do the thing that you love doing ? it hurts.

?But you bounce back and I?m healthy now and ready to go.?

Hall insists he isn?t overly concerned about his role on the team this season. That?s for the coaches to decide, not him.

?Right now, I?m just concentrating on, No. 1, catching the ball and being the best receiver that I can be,? he said. ?As long as I accomplish that ? that I?m the best that I can be at receiver and on special teams ? I think I?ll make some noise. I?m not really worried about where I stand on the depth chart and all that. My play will speak for itself. I?ll just let it take its course.?

If he?s called upon to replace an injured starter during the season, Hall promised that he?ll be prepared to fill those shoes.

?Absolutely,? he said. ?I?m extremely confident.

?I think the way that we practice, we practice a lot of fundamentals and technique. No guy is treated higher than the next guy. So you have to step up your game. You have to bring your A-game every day in practice, every day in the games. If somebody goes down, you have to be able to step in. That?s why you?re a pro. That?s why you make the team. The backups have to be as good as the starters in order for the team to be successful. In my case, I?m just trying to do my best to get better. I?m always studying the guys in front of me and taking notes and just trying to get better.?

Terre Haute News, Terre Haute, Indiana- TribStar.com - Young, hungry and fast: Behind Indy’s stars is talented crop of receivers

 

[Buckskin86]

Staying with that college, second-year WR Roy Hall had an outstanding catch today, the kind that would make highlight reels in the regular season. Pass was high, he was near the sideline, adjusted for position with the defender, leaped high and got it, then hit the Cook Stadium grass. It's plays like these that win jobs. By my count, the Colts are trying to settle on fourth and fifth receivers and he's probably one of the favorites, if there is such a thing at this early juncture.

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