Deshon Hall: DL · Louisiana Tech · #5.
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Deshon Hall
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons at Louisiana Tech span two head coaches: Skip Holtz and Sonny Cumbie. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida International, Week 1, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 30 | 14 | 5.0 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Louisiana Tech | 29 | 16 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 45 | 24 | 6.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 21 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 131 | 68 | 18.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-17vs Florida International | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 14-38@ SMU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-21vs Northwestern State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-28@ Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10@ UTEP | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-31@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-56@ Liberty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-42vs Sam Houston | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-56@ Jacksonville State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 14 | 5.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%5 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry30 tackles · 5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
52.8%
422 pass / 377 run
Plays / game
66.6
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
428 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisiana Tech, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
