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Former Alabama, Texas WR Agiye Hall announces transfer commitment to Sacramento State
By Andrew Olson
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Former Alabama and Texas WR Agiye Hall has found an opportunity to return to the football field.
After two seasons away from college football, Hall’s comeback hopes are taking him to Sacramento State. Hall announced his commitment on social media, just over 2 days after it was reported that he was back in the transfer portal.
Hall was a blue-chip recruit ranked in the top-50 overall prospects in the Class of 2021 on the 247Sports Composite. Despite unquestionable talent, Hall’s career has not gone as he planned.
Hall spent his true freshman season at Alabama. He dazzled in the spring game and then made 7 appearances during the season, logging 4 catches for 72 yards.
Before a second season at Alabama, Hall was in the transfer portal. He was suspended by Nick Saban for a violation of team rules and removed from the UA roster. Hall chose a pre-SEC Texas program as his new home.
Hall ran into trouble at Texas before playing his first down as a Longhorn. In August 2022, he faced a criminal mischief arrest and an indefinite suspension from Steve Sarkisian after a campus incident involving a parking boot. Hall would end up playing in 3 games during the 2022 season at Texas, his last action on a college football field.
During 2023 and ’24, Hall had other matters to deal with. He had hoped to play for Gus Malzahn at UCF, but that did not work out.
In July 2023, a K-9 unit at the Orlando airport found 40 pounds of marijuana in Hall’s luggage. He was arrested in December 2023 and pleaded no contest in June 2024.
Silas Morgan of the Orlando Sentinel spoke to Hall’s attorney, Richard Hornsby, for an Aug. 1, 2024 article.
The State Attorney’s Office was unwilling to let him plead to any offense other than the cannabis trafficking offense … Because of that, UCF made it clear that he was not going to be allowed to continue with the football team.
Hall received 18 months probation and a $774 fine.
Now Hall, will look to show that he still has it by playing at Sacramento State. The FCS program recently hired Brennan Marion as its new head coach. Marrion, 37, has been in coaching since 2011. He was Hall’s position coach in 2022 as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Texas in 2022. Marrion spent the past 2 seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UNLV.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
