Jaren Hall

Jaren Hall is a professional football quarterback who was drafted with the Minnesota Vikings in round five of the 2023 draft.

He played quarterback for Brigham Young University as backup to Zach Wilson. He was the first black quarterback to start a game for BYU. He took a medical redshirt in 2020, then took over as the starter in 2021.

He also played on BYU’s basketball team in 2019 and 2020.

Hall was born on March 24, 1998, and is from Spanish Fork, Utah. He was born and raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He told the Church News, “It’s been faith, family and football. It’s kind of been the three F’s of my life, and it’s how I was raised. I just think it gives me great balance. For myself personally, with as much as I have going on in my individual life, that’s always my focus. It keeps me centered. It keeps me grounded. I think it makes me a better football player, you know, the best football player I can be.”[1]

Hall served as a full-time missionary in Roseville, California. He married Breanna McCarter in 2019.