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<\/p>\nDarryl Hall was a University of Washington safety from another era, someone who had his moments of glory in Montlake but never could really enjoy long-term success as a college player.<\/p>\n
For instance, Hall as a senior was voted in as one of four Husky co-captains in 1988, but injuries limited him to just five starts that season. <\/p>\n
He turned to the NFL, but didn’t get drafted. In 1990, he went to training camp with the Seattle Seahawks, who cut him. <\/p>\n
However, none of that proved to be a insurmountable obstacle for Hall, who ultimately found stardom in the Canadian Football League. Ultimate rewards. His pro football legacy.<\/p>\n
Last September, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound product of Lompoc, California, was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame, becoming one of 242 players who hold this honor — and one of just three former UW players to go this route. <\/p>\n
It was Hall to the Hall. <\/p>\n
Previously, wide receiver Tommy Scott and quarterback Warren Moon were Huskies who became CFL hall of famers in 1998 and 2001, respectively. <\/p>\n
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Darryl Hall played eight seasons for the Calgary Stampeders. | CFL<\/p>\n
Hall played eight seasons in Canada in two stints for the Calgary Stampeders, which were wrapped around a brief tour of duty for him in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n
He is credited with revolutionizing the Canadian outside linebacker position by moving over from safety and becoming a 53-game starter and more of a playmaker after the switch. <\/p>\n
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Darryl Hall went from the UW to the CFL. | UW <\/p>\n
Hall was named as a CFL All-Star in 1991 and 1992, and he played in four Grey Cups, winning that Canadian Super Bowl in 1992 and 1998. <\/p>\n
He played three CFL seasons before getting his NFL shot with the Broncos. In his first season back in the states as a pro, he came up with an interception against the Seahawks. He considered that pass theft one of his most cherished football moments. <\/p>\n
Returning to Calgary, Hall made the move to linebacker and played another five CFL seasons before retiring in 2001. <\/p>\n
Overall, he appeared in 161 games up North and finished with 492 tackles, 18 sacks, 13 interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries. In 1992, he had an 88-yard interception return for a touchdown among five thefts that season.<\/p>\n
While at the UW, Hall started 17 games overall, including two as a redshirt freshman in 1985 and 10 during his most involved stint in 1987. <\/p>\n
As a sophomore, he came off the bench for the Huskies’ 1986 Purple Reign defense in which all 11 starters played all 12 games. As a reserve that year, he came up with a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown against California. <\/p>\n
Montlake claims him. So does the NFL. But the CFL made him a forever star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darryl Hall was a University of Washington safety from another era, someone who had his moments of glory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-539058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}