Player
Derick Hall
EDGE · Seahawks
Derick Hall: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Rotational rookie to 20-QB-hit Year-2 breakout to consistent Seahawks edge.
TrendHall by season (regular season)
| Season | G | TK | AST | TFL | Sacks | QB Hits | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 8.0 | 20 | 2 |
| 2025 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 4.0 | 15 | 1 |
Hall was a 2023 2nd-round pick (37th overall) out of Auburn. Rotational rookie year — 0 sacks, 5 QB hits across 17 games as a depth piece behind Uchenna Nwosu and Boye Mafe.
Year 2 was the breakout: 8 sacks, 20 QB hits, 6 TFLs, and a starting EDGE role locked in by midseason.
QB hits per season
| Season | QB Hits |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 15 |
20 QB hits in 2024 — tied for 11th league-wide and ahead of Khalil Mack and Brian Burns.
Rare2024 EDGE QB hit leaders (selected)
| Player | QB Hits | Sacks |
|---|---|---|
| T.J. Watt | 27 | 11.5 |
| Odafe Oweh | 26 | 11.0 |
| Nik Bonitto | 25 | 13.5 |
| Kyle Van Noy | 23 | 13.0 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 23 | 12.0 |
| Micah Parsons | 23 | 12.0 |
| Chase Young | 21 | 5.5 |
| Yaya Diaby | 21 | 4.5 |
| Derick Hall | 20 | 8.0 |
| Khalil Mack | 17 | 8.0 |
| Brian Burns | 18 | 8.5 |
Hall's 20 QB hits in 2024 placed him tied for 11th in the NFL — sandwiched between Jared Verse and Khalil Mack. He hit the QB more often than Brian Burns, Travon Walker, and Will Anderson Jr. that season.
The 8.0 sacks was the only edge-position number that didn't fully match the pressure rate. The pressure-to-sack ratio (20 QB hits, 8 sacks) suggests Hall created pressure consistently but didn't finish at the rate his hit total deserved.
35 QB hits across 2024-2025 combined — top-25 league-wide over that window.
SplitHall's 35 combined QB hits across 2024-2025 put him in the top 25 of all defenders league-wide over the 2-year window. That's despite missing 3 games in 2025 (played 14 of 17).
The 2025 line (4 sacks, 15 QB hits in 14 games) projects out to 5+ sacks and 18+ QB hits on a full 17-game schedule — modest year-over-year regression but still a high-end EDGE production rate.
4 sacks and 2 INTs over the last 24 months — rare for a stand-up EDGE.
MilestoneHall has 2 interceptions across 2023 and 2025 — both as a stand-up EDGE/OLB dropping in zone. EDGE defenders with multiple career INTs are rare: it requires both a coverage assignment AND a finish at the catch point.
The 3 career forced fumbles (2024: 2, 2025: 1) plus the INT count puts him in a small group of edge defenders with 5+ total takeaways generated over the last 2 seasons.
Most QB hits by any Seahawks edge defender in the 2024-2025 window.
ComparisonAcross the 2024 and 2025 seasons, Hall's 35 QB hits lead the entire Seahawks pass rush — ahead of Leonard Williams (interior), Boye Mafe, and Uchenna Nwosu (injured for much of 2024).
For a 2nd-round pick taken with the 37th overall pick, the production line through 3 seasons (48 G, 105 TK, 14 TFL, 12 sacks, 40 QB hits, 3 FF, 2 INT) reads like a hit, even if the sack total isn't yet at premium-edge levels.
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