Dante Hall

Damieon Dante Hall (born September 20, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is nicknamed "the Human Joystick" and "the X-Factor". He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL draft. Hall played for the Chiefs for seven years before being traded to the St. Louis Rams in 2007. Hall was ranked the 10th greatest return specialist in NFL history on NFL Network's NFL Top 10 Return Aces. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

College career

Hall played for Texas A&M University as a running back and return specialist. In 1996, he led the nation with 573 punt return yards. In 1998, he was named offensive MVP of the Aggies football team. His 4,707 career all-purpose yards place him second in school history behind Darren Lewis. He majored in Ag Leadership & Development.

On November 8, 1999, Texas A&M announced Hall's dismissal from the team for violations of the team's policy. Hall stated he thinks he was ousted due to parking violations.

Hall was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 2021.

Professional career

Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Hall in the fifth-round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He made his NFL debut on September 24, 2000, as a kick/punt returner. In five games, he returned 17 kickoffs for 358 yards and six punts for 37 yards.

He spent the spring of 2001 playing in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores as a wide receiver. He led the league with 26 kickoff returns for 635 yards and was second in punt returns with 15 for 177 yards and second in combined net yards with 1,286. Hall returned one kickoff and two punts for touchdowns. His two touchdowns off punt returns tied him for first in Chief franchise history. The 2002 NFL season earned Hall his first NFL Pro Bowl, being selected as a kick returner. In the playoffs that year against the Indianapolis Colts, Hall had another kickoff return for a touchdown, giving him five for the year, as well as a receiving touchdown. Hall was named to the 2004 Pro Bowl as a kick/punt returner for his second time.

After football

In 2013, Hall worked as an assistant coach at St. Anthony High School in Long Beach, California. In 2016, he spent several months as a radio host for KILT-FM in Houston, Texas.

NFL career statistics

Receiving Stats Year Team GP Rec Yards Avg Lng TD FD Fum Lost 2002 KC 16 20 322 16.1 75 3 11 0 0 2003 KC 16 40 423 10.6 67 1 16 0 0 2004 KC 16 25 230 9.2 22 0 15 0 0 2005 KC 16 34 436 12.8 52 3 19 0 0 2006 KC 15 26 204 7.8 19 2 15 0 0 2007 STL 7 5 27 5.4 12 0 2 0 0 2008 STL 8 12 105 8.8 20 0 7 0 0 Career 94 162 1,747 10.8 75 9 85 0 0

Rushing Stats Career kick return touchdowns (6)

In 2004, he was selected to star in the inaugural advertisement for Gatorade's X-Factor sports drink because he often proved to be the "X-factor" in many Chiefs victories during the 2003 NFL season.

Hall was also known as "The Human Joystick", referring to the agility he showed during returns.