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And on Wednesday, less than two weeks after learning that he had been denied admission to Southern Methodist University despite being NCAA eligible, Hall signed a full scholarship with the University of Texas-San Antonio, where he will play both football and baseball.

Brenham football coach and athletic director Glen West, who was in Washington D.C. when he received the news that Hall had been denied admission to SMU, said Hall bounced back from the news quicker than he did.
“When I got off the plane in Houston I had a voice message from Jeremy saying, ‘Check into UTSA for me. I think that’s the thing I’d like to do,’” West recalled. “Within about four hours, he had it set in his mind. Other offers came his way and he had to think them through, but I think for him it was a slam dunk as long as they wanted him and it was a good fit.”

Every school that offered Hall during his initial recruitment returned to the table to try to draw the free safety who was regarded a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, but UTSA’s Larry Coker had a leg up after offering Hall early in the spring of 2009.

West said it’s a happy ending to what could have been a tragic story.

“He’s still going to compete at a Division I school,” West said. “He was a first-team all-state safety, so it would have been a tragedy for him not to get that opportunity. Secondly, the most important thing about college is getting an education, and the first thing that crossed my mind when I heard about SMU was that he would be robbed of a chance to get his education taken care of. And the third thing is that he doesn’t have to give up a sport he loves.”