#59

Chris Hale

Defensive end for Middle Tennessee. 2016: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 25 tackles.

DE · Middle Tennessee · #59

6′4″ · Atlanta, GA

Middle Tennessee 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 defensive end for Middle Tennessee. 2016: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Middle Tennessee in 2012.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 2563 nationally · Signed with Middle Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at Middle Tennessee, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Middle Tennessee2-star out of Dunwoody

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2563 national

CFB

College

Middle Tennessee

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#245 / 2668 · 88th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1523 / 2668 · 41st pct

Tackles#1616 / 2668 · 38th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

1.0

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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Middle Tennessee	25	15	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		25	15	1.0	1.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 38–34

vs Louisiana Tech

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Louisiana Tech at home in a shootout.

With B. Stockstill — 356 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.1 · 33 rush yds (9 car) · I. Mathers — 163 rush yds (21 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week