Anyone here remember Randy Hall from mid 80s

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Probably the greatest O Line prospect we ever landed not named Trey Smith. Dude was so strong, tough & mean his HS coach rarely let him go full speed at practice. Opposing players didn't want anything to do with him. Sadly got hurt in practice & never played a down. Someone told me he ate 16 penny nails & $%#@ barbwire

 

[NO SIR EEE]

I was only 1 when he signed haha. I do have a current update for you though. He is a Social Studies Teacher for Anderson County High School in Clinton, TN.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

East TN had some great players in the mid 80s

Randy Hall, Leroy Thompson, Reggie Cobb, the Collins Brothers, Preston Warren, Jeff McMichael etc

 

[lostsheep]

Remember scrimmaging against his team his senior year in high school. He had on a different colored helmet than the rest of the team because they couldn't find one big enough to fit his head.

 

[NATHAN05]

Whatever became of Jason hall?

 

[wmcovol]

He was a great prospect that never played a down of CFB.

 

[Boca Vol]

That Halls team with Hall & Jason Julian was outstanding. Didn't they play a playoff game in Neyland that year? I remember going to a couple of playoff games in Neyland.

 

[Winchester73]

East TN had some great players in the mid 80s

Randy Hall, Leroy Thompson, Reggie Cobb, the Collins Brothers, Preston Warren, Jeff McMichael etc

Dale Jones

 

[Model12]

I know Randy and Lisa. Outstanding, wonderful people. They are the nicest folks you will ever meet.

His injury was a travesty. He would have been legendary. As it is, he is mere mortal (and still legendary to me).

 

[VolInNorthCack]

East TN had some great players in the mid 80s

Randy Hall, Leroy Thompson, Reggie Cobb, the Collins Brothers, Preston Warren, Jeff McMichael etc

True story. I struck out Preston Warren twice in one game in high school! They said he hadn't struck out all year. I was a freshman and he was a Junior.

 

[VolnJC]

Yep he and Jason Julian were the biggest reasons for Halls' state championship in 86

 

[VolnJC]

East TN had some great players in the mid 80s

Randy Hall, Leroy Thompson, Reggie Cobb, the Collins Brothers, Preston Warren, Jeff McMichael etc

The Collins Brothers...Brent and Todd both went on to play in the NFL and in SBs...great family

 

[ACvol3]

Probably the greatest O Line prospect we ever landed not named Trey Smith. Dude was so strong, tough & mean his HS coach rarely let him go full speed at practice. Opposing players didn't want anything to do with him. Sadly got hurt in practice & never played a down. Someone told me he ate 16 penny nails & $%#@ barbwire

Him, tony and chucky are my cousins.. lol small world

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

The Collins Brothers...Brent and Todd both went on to play in the NFL and in SBs...great family

I was so disappointed when Brent went to Ga

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

True story. I struck out Preston Warren twice in one game in high school! They said he hadn't struck out all year. I was a freshman and he was a Junior.

The only person to this day in KIL history to earn 16 letters in HS, he was a great baseball player, track, basketball & of course football.

 

[BowlBrother85]

I was so disappointed when Brent went to Ga

... but then finished his college career at Carson Newman, despite starting and playing well at Georgia. Todd wound up playing at CN too. That was very strange.

 

[JohnnyJava]

Mike "Stop" Cofer ate a side of beef every day, per legend. The stories were more colorful from those 70s and 80s guys.

 

[Boca Vol]

Mike "Stop" Cofer ate a side of beef every day, per legend. The stories were more colorful from those 70s and 80s guys.

They were too busy doing back then, not tweeting about it.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Any remember the great runningback at Tennessee School for the Deaf? Dude went for 250 every game

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

Probably the greatest O Line prospect we ever landed not named Trey Smith. Dude was so strong, tough & mean his HS coach rarely let him go full speed at practice. Opposing players didn't want anything to do with him. Sadly got hurt in practice & never played a down. Someone told me he ate 16 penny nails & $%#@ barbwire

I was in school with his wife at UT. She was a Civil Engineering major in the early to mid 90s

 

[VolDorado]

The Collins Brothers...Brent and Todd both went on to play in the NFL and in SBs...great family

Ran against Todd at an all comers meet around 87-88 at Jeff County in the 300 hurdles....remember thinking “dang this guys thighs are twice as big as mine, but he’s so big no way he can outrun me...”....me being a “quick” db and all.....he then proceeded to smoke everyone in the heat and went on to win the event. Never forgot that experience.

 

[m1al]

Watched that team destroy Dobyns Bennett in the playoffs in the mini dome.. 95% of their offense were running plays in between the tackles.. I think they threw the ball maybe 3 times that game.. haaa

Seems like I remember that he hurt his back and it ended his career.

 

[VolnJC]

Ran against Todd at an all comers meet around 87-88 at Jeff County in the 300 hurdles....remember thinking “dang this guys thighs are twice as big as mine, but he’s so big no way he can outrun me...”....me being a “quick” db and all.....he then proceeded to smoke everyone in the heat and went on to win the event. Never forgot that experience.

Both were amazing once in a generation athletes and competed in state in the decathlon...I remember reading a story on FB that a teammate had to get an old metal pole from the 60s for Brent to practice on...his 1st attempt he cleared 9 feet easily

 

[UTP69]

Are you kidding me? I'm so old I remember when General Neyland was only a Colonel.

 

[franklinboy]

Probably the greatest O Line prospect we ever landed not named Trey Smith. Dude was so strong, tough & mean his HS coach rarely let him go full speed at practice. Opposing players didn't want anything to do with him. Sadly got hurt in practice & never played a down. Someone told me he ate 16 penny nails & $%#@ barbwire

Did he tear a ACL or something?