Duff Tittle | Posted: 22 Aug 2022 | Updated: 24 Aug 2022

Hall named to CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy watch list

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Jaren Hall CFPA Trophy Watch List

 

CHARLESTON, South Carolina – BYU quarterback Jaren Hall is one of 38 players named to the College Football Performance Awards 2022 watch list for the CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy.

Despite missing three games due to injury in 2021, Hall completed 189 of 296 passes for 2,583 yards and 20 touchdowns, while compiling an efficiency rating of 156.1. He also had 62 carries for 307 yards and three rushing touchdowns, while leading No. 19 ranked BYU to eight wins in his 10 starts in 2021. 

At the conclusion of the season, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound junior from Spanish Fork, Utah, was named Pro Football Network All-Independent Quarterback of the Year and was named to the Phil Steele All-Independent First Team as well as the Pro Football Network All-Independent First Team. 

This season Hall has also been named a 2022 watch list candidate for the Davey O’Brien Award, Maxwell Award, Manning Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. 

The 2022 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy is a 22-inch K-9 optic crystal tower with eight-inch crystal football on top. All FBS players are eligible for the award. The 2022 CFPA National Performer of the Year will be announced January 13, 2023. 

Two former Cougars were previously honored by the CFPA with national awards. Consensus All-American Dennis Pitta won the CFPA Elite Tight End Trophy in 2009 and All-American Kyle Van Noy won the CFPA Linebacker Trophy in 2012. 

2022 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List
Bryce Young (QB), Alabama
Chase Brice (QB), App State
KJ Jefferson (QB), Arkansas
Jaren Hall (QB), BYU
Grayson McCall (QB), Coastal Carolina 
Jake Haener (QB), Fresno State 
Stetson Bennett (QB), Georgia 
Clayton Tune (QB), Houston 
Will Levis (QB), Kentucky
Malik Cunningham (QB), Louisville 
Rasheen Ali (RB), Marshall
Tyler Van Dyke (QB), Miami
Will Rogers (QB), Mississippi State 
Devin Leary (QB), North Carolina State 
TreVeyon Henderson (RB), Ohio State 
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR), Ohio State 
C.J. Stroud (QB), Ohio State
Dillon Gabriel (QB), Oklahoma
Bo Nix (QB), Oregon
Kedon Slovis (QB), Pittsburgh
Aidan O’Connell (QB), Purdue
Tanner Mordecai (QB), SMU
Spencer Rattler (QB), South Carolina 
Sean Tucker (RB), Syracuse
Hendon Hooker (QB), Tennessee
Bijan Robinson (RB), Texas
Dorian Thompson-Robinson (QB), UCLA 
Jordan Addison (WR), USC
Travis Dye (RB), USC
Caleb Williams (QB), USC
Cameron Rising (QB), Utah
Tavion Thomas (RB), Utah
Logan Bonner (QB), Utah State
Frank Harris (QB), UTSA
Brennan Armstrong (QB), Virginia
Sam Hartman (QB), Wake Forest 
Cameron Ward (QB), Washington State 
Braelon Allen (RB), Wisconsin 

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