#92

Cade Hall

Senior defensive lineman for San José State. 2022: 7.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

DL · San José State · Sr. · #92

6′3″ · 270 lb · Morgan Hill, CA

CFB Index 83 · #34 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan José State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 2900 nationally · Signed with San José State

Statement game6 tackles · 4 TFL · 4 sacksvs Nevada (FBS) · W 35-28

Top 0.1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for San José State. 2022: 7.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to San José State in 2018.
Named All-America (SN) in 2020.
Named All-America (SN) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San José State, 26 sacks, an All-American season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201812 games

Signed with San José State2-star out of Bellarmine Prep

20207 games

All-Americafirst
All-Mountain Westfirst

202110 games

All-Mountain West

202211 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2900 national

CFB

College

San José State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2020)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Brent Brennan

San José State

Played his entire career under Brent Brennan.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Brent Brennan — 25-31 over that span.

2018San José State1-11HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2019San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-heavy

2020San José State7-1HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #34 of 387?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#38 / 2755 · 98th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#42 / 2755 · 98th pct

12.5

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#1041 / 2755 · 61st pct

Tackles#1207 / 2755 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	1.3	1.0	0.2
Road5g	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	1.1	0.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	1.2	1.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #34 of 387 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #34 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	San José State	32	20	12.5	7.5	1	1	--
2021	San José State	40	23	6.0	4.0	--	--	--
2020	San José State	26	17	12.0	10.0	--	--	--
2019	San José State	39	19	8.0	1.0	1	--	--
2018	San José State	43	16	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		180	95	43.0	25.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 21–17

vs Portland State

1 TFL · 4 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With T. Benham — 44 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · C. Cordeiro — 239 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs Portland State	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 16-24@ Auburn	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-6vs Western Michigan	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 33-16@ Wyoming	2	0	0.5	0.5	1	0
Wk 6	W 40-7vs UNLV	3	1	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Fresno State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Nevada	6	5	4.0	4.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	W 28-16vs Colorado State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 27-43@ San Diego State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-35@ Utah State	4	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-14vs Hawai'i	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		32	20	12.5	7.5	1	1

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