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Breece Hall

Running Back, New York Jets · #20.

Player facts

Team: New York Jets
Position: Running Back
Number: 20
Born: May 31, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Wichita, KS, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 217 lbs
College: Iowa State
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	51	163	3.2	1	14	10	102	10.2	0	43	0	0
Career	806	3,561	4.4	19	83	198	1,744	8.8	9	79	11	5

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	51 carries	-0.17	33%		30th of 41
Receiving	10 targets	+0.85	80%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Sep 27	@ DET	L 31-24	13	32	2.5	0	12	3	23	7.7	0	12	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs GB	L 20-17 OT	16	29	1.8	0	14	5	63	12.6	0	43	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ TEN	W 23-10	22	102	4.6	1	13	2	16	8.0	0	8	0	0

Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Breece Maelik Hall (born May 31, 2001) is an American professional football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). Hall played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones, where he was a two-time All-American and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. He was selected by the Jets in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Breece Hall, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Hall was born in Omaha, Nebraska and grew up in Wichita, Kansas, attending Wichita Northwest High School. Hall was named first-team All-Metro and first-team All-State after rushing for 2,082 yards and scoring 36 total touchdowns in his junior season. As a senior, Hall rushed for 2,127 yards and 29 touchdowns and was again named first-team All-State and the Wichita Metro Player of the Year.

College career

Following the departure of David Montgomery for the NFL, Hall became Iowa State's starting running back during his true freshman season. He was named the co-Newcomer of the Week after rushing 132 yards and three touchdowns 38–14 win over West Virginia. Hall repeated as Newcomer of the Week the following week after rushing for 183 yards and two touchdowns while also catching three passes for 73 yards. He finished the season with 897 rushing yards and nine touchdowns while also catching 23 passes for 252 yards and one touchdown and was named second-team All-Big 12.

Hall rushed for over 100 yards in eight straight games to start his sophomore season. Hall finished the season as the FBS leader in rushing yards with 1,572 on 279 carries and 21 rushing touchdowns while also catching 23 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Hall was named first-team All-Big 12 and the conference Offensive Player of the Year and became the first unanimous All-American in school history.

As a junior in 2021, Hall finished with 1,472 rushing yards, 302 receiving yards, and 23 total touchdowns. Following the season, Hall announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2022 NFL draft.

Personal life

Hall has multiple family ties to professional football. His father, Bernard Hall, played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and in the Arena Football League. His step-father, Jeff Smith, played for the Chiefs and Buccaneers over a four-year NFL career. His cousin, Kenton Keith, had a brief stint in 2004 with the Jets, which would later become Hall's team, as well as a season with the Colts in 2007. He also spent six seasons in the CFL. Hall's third cousin, Hall of Fame running back and three-time Super Bowl champion Roger Craig, played for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s.

From Wikipedia’s article on Breece Hall, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹