Hall Earns Fifth MWC Honor

PROVO -- BYU quarterback Max Hall was named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week Monday. He has earned the weekly league honor five times this season and on 10 occasions overall during his three-year career.

Hall (BYU), Joe Dale (Utah) and James Aho (New Mexico) received recognition for their play in games through Nov. 21. Dale garners the Defensive Player award and Aho receives Special Teams recognition.

A senior quarterback from Mesa, Ariz., Hall passed for a season-high 377 yards and season-best five touchdowns to lead No. 18 BYU to a 38-21 victory over Air Force. He completed 33-of-45 attempts to help the Cougars score 38 points against a Falcon squad that was surrendering only 13.3 points per game this season and ranked as the nation's top-rated pass defense (127.9 ypg) entering the contest.

Hall's performance broke his own MWC record with his eighth 300-yard passing game of the season. Last year Hall totaled seven such outings while equaling the MWC mark shared by former BYU quarterbacks John Beck and Kevin Feterik as well as Wyoming's Casey Bramlet.

Hall also became BYU's all-time leader in wins as a starting quarterback, passing Ty Detmer to earn his 30th career victory leading the Cougar attack.

Listed below are some of the All-America candidate's many accomplishments this season.

— Ranks No. 1 in MWC, No. 2 nationally in pass efficiency (167.2)

— Ranks No. 1 in MWC, No. 3 nationally completion percentage (70.3)

— Ranks No. 1 in MWC, No. 5 nationally in total passing yards (3,234)

— Ranks No. 1 in MWC, No. 7 nationally in passing yards/game (294.00)

— Ranks No. 1 in MWC, No. 7 nationally in total offense (299.4 yards/game)

— Ranks No. 1 in MWC, No. 7 nationally in points responsible/game (16.36)

— Five-time MWC Offensive Player of the Week in 2009 for performances against No. 3 Oklahoma, Tulane, San Diego State, Wyoming and Air Force

— Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week and Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week (Sept. 5) and College Football Performance Awards National Player of the Week once, National Quarterback of the Week once, and Honorable Mention National Quarterback of the Week twice during 2009

— Set MWC single-season record with eight 300-yard passing games, breaking his own record of seven he shared with former BYU quarterbacks John Beck and Kevin Feterik and Wyoming’s Casey Bramlet.

— Has thrown for 28 touchdowns to date, the fifth-best single-season total in MWC history.

— Has thrown for 3,234 yards to date, becoming only the second player in MWC history to pass for 3,000 or more yards three consecutive seasons.

— Set the MWC single-game record for a senior quarterback with five touchdowns vs. Air Force. Hall holds the all-time BYU and MWC records with seven touchdowns vs. UCLA last year.