- 2018 Preseason All-SEC Third Team (Media)
- 2018 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List
2018 SEASON
Second Team All-SEC pick by the league’s 14 coaches … His 2,016 career receiving yards rank 10th in school history … His 16 career TDs rank as the seventh-most in school history … Led Mizzou with 828 receiving yards on just 37 catches over nine games, averaging 92.0 yards per contest and 22.4 yards per catch … Scored six touchdowns as he continued to be one of the nation’s premier deep threats in the passing game … Was slowed by a sore groin midway through the season as he missed one of the meatier parts of Mizzou’s schedule before returning in a 38-17 win at No. 11 Florida (11/3) … Had 171 receiving yards in each of his first two games of the season vs. UT Martin (9/1) and vs. Wyoming (9/8), scoring three TDs in those two games … Had four catches for 88 yards at Purdue (9/15), including a big 25-yarder on the eventual game-winning drive that set Mizzou up in field goal range with little time remaining … However, the injury bug slowed him in that game and the Georgia (9/22) game and he missed the next four games … Came back at Florida and made four catches for 77 yards and a score as he helped the offense key a road win at the nation’s No. 11 team … Posted four catches for 74 yards at Tennessee (11/17) and closed his season by hauling in six catches for 153 yards and two touchdowns vs. Arkansas (11/23) … It was his third 100-yard game of the season and ninth of his career.
2017 SEASON
Big-play wideout who emerged as one of the nation’s elite deep ball threats after taking over a starting spot for the season’s final nine games ... Finished the season with 33 receptions for 817 yards and eight touchdowns, with six of them coming from 50 yards out or longer ... His eight scores went for an average length of 49.5 yards, including scores of 20, 31, 50, 55, 56, 58, 63 and 63 yards, and his per-catch average on the year of 24.8 ranked as the best in the SEC and was second nationally among all receivers ... Battled a hamstring injury early in the season that limited him to just five total receptions in MU’s first four games (including no scores), but when he got healthy, he quickly made an impact, as he had consecutive highly-productive road games at Kentucky (four catches, 129 yards, one touchdown) and at Georgia (four catches, 141 yards, two touchdowns) to give the Mizzou offense a big spark ... Had five games with 100 yards receiving or more, including 113 (five receptions) against Florida, 111 yards and two scores (on just two catches) at Arkansas and 102 yards and two scores (five catches) versus Tennessee ... Injured his hamstring stretching into the end zone on his second touchdown grab at Arkansas in the regular-season finale, and was unable to play in the second half, and despite seeing the field in MU’s bowl game, he was far from 100 percent, and was held without a catch in the game ... Led all SEC players in league games only with his seven touchdowns, while his 82.8 yards per game in receiving yards during league play ranked as second-best ... Hauled in three receptions for 66 yards during Mizzou’s SEC opener against South Carolina (9/9).
2016 SEASON
Finished his sophomore season with 19 catches for 307 yards and a pair of scores …Recorded his first catch of the season in Mizzou’s home opener against West Virginia … caught three passes for 90 yards including a career long 49-yard TD reception in Mizzou’s home opener against Eastern Michigan (9/10) ... Hauled in seven receptions for 122 yards and a highlight reel touchdown during Mizzou’s win over Delaware State (9/23) ... Had one catch during the Mizzou SEC road opener against LSU (10/1) ... Caught three passes for 40 yards against Middle Tennessee (10/22) ... Caught one pass for 18 yards against Kentucky (10/29) … Tallied one catch for eight yards at Tennessee (11/19) in his home state.
2015 SEASON
One of eight true freshmen that impressed the Mizzou coaches enough to see game action in 2015 ... Had eight receptions for 64 yards on the season, including a long of 14 yards against Mississippi State (Nov. 5) … Opened his Mizzou career with one catch for nine yards against SEMO (Sept. 5) … Had one catch for 13 yards vs. Florida (Oct. 10) … Best game came against Mississippi State (Nov. 5) when he tallied three catches for a career-best 34 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL
An extremely athletic wide out with great hands and a great vertical, his potential as a game-breaking playmaker is what caught the eye of the Mizzou coaching staff … Dubbed as one of the top recruits in the state of Tennessee by Rivals … Competed in the Nike Combine in the spring of 2014 … Was the No. 65-ranked receiver in the 2015 class by 247Sports … Tennessee All-State selection after an outstanding senior season which included 47 receptions for 889 yards and 12 touchdowns, going for a healthy 18.9 yards per catch … Tallied 31 catches for 564 yards and eight touchdowns during his junior season … Chose Mizzou over offers from Louisville, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Cincinnati among others … Was an incredible track and field athlete as well, leaping has high as 6-8 in the high jump while winning the Tennessee state championship … Won two AAU Junior Olympic track gold medals in 2011, taking first nationally in both the pentathlon and high jump … High School Coach – Brian Rector.
PERSONAL
Parents – Daton Hall & Shannon Simmons … Cited the relationships that he built with the Mizzou coaching staff during the recruiting process and the staff’s stability as the key contributors to his decision to sign with Missouri, as well as the track record of academic success for the football student-athletes … Working toward his General Studies degree currently … Lists spending time with family friends, playing basketball and running among his interests off the field.
