Darran Hall Class: Sophomore Hometown: San Diego, Calif. High School: Eastlake Height / Weight: 6-0 / 165 Position: WR Experience: HS

High School: A two-year starter at Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, Calif., southeast of San Diego, played cornerback and wide receiver, and also returned kickoffs and punts...Started on both sides of the ball in 2011, after playing exclusively at wide receiver in 2010, helping the Titans advance to the semifinals of the CIF San Diego Section playoffs both seasons...Honorable-mention all-Metro Mesa League as a senior wide receiver, caught 19 passes for 353 yards and two TD for the 8-4 Titans...On defense in 2011, recorded 44 tackles, forced two fumbles and picked off one pass, which he returned 39 yards for a touchdown...Earned the EHS Coach's Award for character and effort after his senior campaign...As a junior in 2010, helped 11-1 Eastlake to a Metro Mesa League championship and a berth in the CIF semifinals...A track athlete in the spring, holds his school's second-fastest time ever in the 400-meter dash, a conference-winning 50.3 seconds his junior season; lettered three seasons in track for Eastlake, which opened in1992...The Titans track team earned a spot in the CIF San Diego Section finals his sophomore year...Head football coach was John McFadden......Top high-school time in the 40-yard dash was 4.41 seconds.

Personal: Given name Darran Lamonte Hall Jr. ...Born Sept. 6, 1993, in Chula Vista, Calif. ...Parents are Darran Hall Sr. and Denise Ortiz...Is an only child...Father, Darran Hall, was a CSU WR/PR from 1997-98, helping the Rams to a '97 conference championship and victory in the Holiday Bowl over Missouri...His 15.8 career punt-return average ranks second in program history behind Pro Football Hall of Famer Jack Christiansen (16.9); selected in the sixth round (186th overall) by Tennessee in the 1999 NFL Draft, the elder Hall spent one year with the Titans and one season with the Indianapolis Colts...Oklahoma safety Tony Jefferson, a 2010 Freshman All-American, is a close friend, having taken Hall under his wing at Eastlake...Interested in business and administration as a CSU major...Hometown: San Diego, Calif.