#11

Justin Hall

Senior wide receiver for Ball State. 2021: 61 catches, 613 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Ball State · Sr. · #11

5′9″ · 186 lb · Douglasville, GA

CFB Index 65 · #87 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBall State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2046 nationally · Signed with Ball State

Statement game10 rec · 175 yds · 2 TDvs Western Michigan (FBS) · W 30-27

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

asking linebackers to cover Justin Hall is more proof Lou Esposito has zero clue what he's doingr/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ball State. 2021: 61 catches, 613 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ball State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ball State, 3,385 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201712 games

Signed with Ball State3-star out of Alexander

202111 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2046 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Ball State7-1HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ball State6-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #87 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (100th percentile). Strength: rush yards (99th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#195 / 655 · 70th pct

81.2%

TD rate#337 / 655 · 49th pct

5.8%

Explosive rate#424 / 655 · 35th pct

10.1%

EPA / target#425 / 655 · 35th pct

0.53

Yards / catch#514 / 655 · 22nd pct

10.1

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#1 / 273 · 100th pct

Rush yards#3 / 273 · 99th pct

255

Receptions#67 / 557 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#105 / 557 · 78th pct

Rec yards#139 / 557 · 75th pct

613

Long catch#269 / 557 · 51st pct

Fumbles lost#89 / 223 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#489 / 557 · 12th pct

10.0

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.6	70.2	10.7	0.6
Road6g	5.5	43.7	8.8	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.3	67.7	11.0	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	34.8	7.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #87 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #87 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ball State	61	613	10.0	5	--
2020	Ball State	49	665	13.6	4	--
2019	Ball State	61	684	11.2	6	--
2018	Ball State	69	622	9.0	0	--
2017	Ball State	78	801	10.3	3	--
Career		318	3,385	10.6	18	--

Season	Team
2021	Ball State	37	255	380	120	--
2020	Ball State	30	231	295	-2	--
2019	Ball State	24	187	23	20	--
2018	Ball State	21	143	74	32	--
2017	Ball State	11	59	167	--	--
Career		123	875	939	170	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 31–21

vs Western Illinois

12 rush yds (4 car)

With D. Plitt — 188 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 31.7 · 18 rush yds (5 car) · N. Snyder — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Western Illinois · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +4.97Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 49 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 4 · Toledo · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 35 yds to the Toled 26 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Illinois · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 48 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 33 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 10 · Akron · 3&20 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 22 yds to the BalSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Toledo · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 30 yds to the Toled 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Miami (OH) · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 6 yds for a TD, (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 7 · Eastern Michigan · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Justin Hall run for 2 yds for a TD, (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 4 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Justin Hall run for 34 yds to the Toled 30 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wyoming · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.24John Paddock pass complete to Justin Hall for 7 yds to the BalSt 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-21vs Western Illinois	8	137	17.1	2	49	Season-high 137 yds
Wk 2	L 13-44@ Penn State	6	35	5.8	0	13
Wk 3	L 12-45@ Wyoming	3	20	6.7	0	8
Wk 4	L 12-22vs Toledo	7	97	13.9	0	35
Wk 5	W 28-16vs Army	7	78	11.1	0	16
Wk 6	W 45-20@ Western Michigan	3	49	16.3	1	33
Wk 7	W 38-31@ Eastern Michigan	10	58	5.8	0	15
Wk 8	L 17-24vs Miami (OH)	4	32	8.0	1	20
Wk 10	W 31-25@ Akron	8	73	9.1	1	22
Wk 11	L 29-30@ Northern Illinois	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 13	W 20-3vs Buffalo	2	7	3.5	0	5
Total		61	613	9.7	5	49

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology