7	Jordan Hall
	Class: Senior Hometown: Jeannette, Pa. High School: Jeannette Height / Weight: 5-8 / 197 Position: HB

Ohio State Overview: Jordan Hall is a three-year letterman and a talented running back, receiver and return man ... he was expected to be a significant beneficiary of Coach Urban Meyer's Ohio State spread offense from the start, but he will be sidelined until sometime in September because of an accidental foot injury that required him to have surgery June 29 ... stepped on piece of glass while walking in his yard and will be in a cast for six weeks followed by at least four weeks of rehabilitation ... Jordan has 817 career rushing yards with five touchdowns and has also caught 21 passes out of the backfield for 202 yards and four more TDs ... he has been the key return man for the Buckeyes the last three years, a big reason why he ranks 26th all-time at Ohio State with 2,513 all-purpose yards ... a veteran of 29 games, Jordan started three times in 2011 ... he had two of the best rushing games of his career in two of his starts: 87 yards vs. Miami and 84 vs. Colorado (career high is 90 yards in 2009 vs. New Mexico) ... had just two receptions through team's first nine games last year, but had 10 for 102 yards and two touchdowns in the last four games of the season, including three for 58 yards and two touchdowns vs. Purdue ... averaged 127.5 all-purpose yards per game in 2011 to rank 18th on the all-time Ohio State charts ... his career average of 86.7 all-purpose yards per game ranks 13th in Ohio State history ... set two school kickoff return records in 2011: 683 yards for the season and game average of 67.5 yards per return vs. Colorado ... ranks third at Ohio State with 1,186 career kickoff return yards ... ranks fifth all-time at Ohio State with a career KO return average of 27.0 ... in 2010, as a sophomore, Jordan tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to his high school teammate Terrelle Pryor in the Eastern Michigan game, and he also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Joe Bauserman that game ... had a career-long 70-yard punt return vs. Minnesota and a career-long 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the win over Michigan ... scored first career touchdown as a freshman in 2009 vs. Minnesota (11 yards) ... had a career-long rush of 39 yards vs. New Mexico.

More on Jordan: Is majoring in family resource management ... played on powerful Jeannette H.S. teams coached by Ray Reitz that won a state title (16-0) during his junior season and was state runner-up (14-2) as a sophomore ... named all-WPIAL three years and was a member of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Terrific 25 (and it's Player of the Year as a senior) and the Pittsburgh Post-Review Fabulous 22 ... was an all-state basketball player and a 1,000-career points scorer ... named the outstanding Westmoreland African-American student ... is the son of Travia ad Derrick Hall Sr.