Jaren Hall, Brigham Young Football News: Draft Scout Player News

08/06/22 - QB Jaren Hall, rJr/2023, Brigham Young

It is the biggest question for the future of BYU. Will this season be the last for the fifth-year quarterback? Jaren Hall smiled and gave the most honest answer on the topic yet. "Since I was a little kid I've thought about the NFL," he told The Salt Lake Tribune. "If I'm being honest, I'm not going to sit here and say, 'I never think about the NFL.' That's my dream right? Since I was a kid." For the typically reserved Hall, it was a glimpse into his thinking - a rare near acknowledgment that this season really could be his last in Provo. Still, the quarterback's priority is on the present. "Now I realize that if it is going to happen, it's going to happen," Hall said of his NFL aspirations. "I don't need to worry about when that is. I just need to worry about my summer right now and getting better. And taking care of business against USF." Hall starts this year in a much different spot than last year. He is the incumbent starter now, and a dark horse candidate to be a first-round NFL draft pick.

After throwing for 2,583 yards and 20 touchdowns in his first year, the buzz is starting to grow around him. ESPN already has him slotted as high as the No. 9 pick in next year's draft. If Hall can knock off Baylor at home and then Oregon on the road in the first three weeks of the season - both nationally televised games - that could be all Hall needs to grab that NFL attention. "I don't love the lights, the cameras. I'm not a big fan of all the talk," Hall said of his name potentially leaping into NFL conversations. "But I'm different from a lot of guys. A lot of guys enjoy that stuff and that is fine. "I'm going to work in silence regardless, whether [my name gets thrown in there] or not. I'm going to still make sure I'm ready." - Salt Lake Tribune

rJr/2023 QB Jaren Hall, Brigham Young
News Source: Salt Lake Tribune