Patrick Hall Named Big South Freshman of the Week
October 29, 2007 | Football
CHARLOTTE – Gardner-Webb running back Patrick
Hall was named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week by the
league office Monday.
Hall (5-11, 202) helped key Gardner-Webb's 29-25 win over
Charleston Southern, coming off the bench to rush for 100 yards and
two touchdowns on 13 carries – nearly doubling his workload
from the previous seven games combined.
Hall's nine-yard score early in the second quarter put Gardner-Webb
on top 9-7, and his 46-yard dash with 4:52 to play in the third
quarter put GWU back in front 22-18. The former Ashbrook (N.C.)
High star added a 21-yard reception in the game, and finished with
new career-high totals in rushing attempts (13), yards (100) and
all-purpose yardage (121). The touchdowns were the first of Hall's
career at Gardner-Webb.
Hall had carried just eight times for 21 yards in his previous
seven appearances in a Bulldog uniform. His only scoring prior to
Saturday came on a two-point conversion run at VMI one week
earlier.
Hall became the first Bulldog freshman to record a 100-yard rushing
game since David Montgomery did so last season against VMI
on October 28.
As a senior at Ashbrook High last season under Gardner-Webb alum
Mike Briggs, Hall scored 27 touchdowns to earn Conference Player of
the Year honors for the Green Wave.
