#99

Aaron Hall

Senior defensive tackle for Duke. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

DT · Duke · Sr. · #99

6′4″ · 290 lb · Durham, NC

CFB Index 87 · #16 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Duke for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Tackles for loss: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

11 TFL · 44 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 1 TFL, 4 tackles, vs NC State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Duke. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jefferson in 2019.

His career, year by year

Aaron Hall

DT · Duke · Sr · #99

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Aaron Hall has played for four head coaches in five seasons at Duke. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-ACC. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Virginia — Week 15, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

87All-Conference level #16 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (97th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#74 / 2975 · 97th pct

11.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.7	0.1	0.0
Road7g	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	2.7	0.6	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #16 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #4 of 11 ACC DTs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Duke	44	19	11.0	2.5	--	--	--
2024	Duke	43	15	8.5	4.0	2	--	--
2023	Duke	26	11	2.0	1.5	2	--	--
2022	Duke	5	2	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
2021	Duke	5	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		123	48	23.0	8.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 27–20

at Virginia

1 TFL · 5 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With D. Mensah — 196 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.1 · K. Reynoldson — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Elon	5	0	1.5	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	L 19-45vs Illinois	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Tulane	4	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 45-33vs NC State	4	0	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 5	W 38-3@ Syracuse	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 45-21@ California	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 18-27vs Georgia Tech	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 46-45@ Clemson	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 34-37@ UConn	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 17-34vs Virginia	4	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 32-25@ North Carolina	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 49-32vs Wake Forest	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	W 27-20@ Virginia	5	3	1.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 42-39vs Arizona State	5	4	1.0	0.0	—
Total		44	19	11.0	2.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

14 games

44Tackles

19Solo

11TFL

2.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

44 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 TFL.

Week 40.5 sacks
Week 61 sack
Week 131 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Duke

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Duke

Returning around him

3 Duke players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Byron Young’s 2021 season.

Byron Young

84%match

Alabama · 2021

Kevin Jobity Jr.

Syracuse · 2023

84%

Tyler Onyedim

Iowa State · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 2

84%

Jonah Laulu

Oklahoma · 2022

NFL Rd 7

84%

Josh Ellison

Oklahoma · 2022

82%

Matches Byron on

Sack rate

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Warren Brinson's graduate season at Georgia (2024).

Warren Brinson

81%match

Georgia · 2024

NFL Rd 6

Latrell Jean

Temple · 2024

79%

Caleb Taylor

Kansas · 2024

74%

Bradley Weaver

Rutgers · 2025

All-MAC

73%

Alex Merritt

Texas State · 2024

73%

Matches Warren on

Class year

Hurry rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Aaron Hall

John Nelson

BYU · 2024

94%

Cooper Lanz

Baylor · 2024

90%

De'Monte Russell

Mississippi State · 2023

88%

Jared Harrison-Hunte

Miami · 2023

87%

Jordan Bertagnole

Wyoming · 2023

84%

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

Aaron Hall

2019

20213 games

202514 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

Players who play like Aaron Hall