BEFORE NBA

College: Played four seasons at Clemson, playing in 120 games (92 starts), averaging 14.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks in 24.1 minutes … Ranked fourth in points per game in the ACC during the 2023-24 campaign and made it to the 2024 NCAA Tournament All-Region … Named to the 2023-24 All-ACC First Team as well as the All-ACC Third Team in 2022-23 … 2023-24 Finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Nation’s Best Center) … 2021-22 ACC Most Improved Player Runner-Up … He finished seventh on Clemson’s all-time scoring list (1,702 career points) and seventh in field goals made (641) in program history … Fourth Tiger to amass 1,700 points, 600 rebounds and 100 blocks in a career … 2023-24 (Senior): Set the school record for most points in a single season at 659, passing 651 points by Horace Grant in 1986-87 and Bill Yarborough in 1954-55 as well as fourth in a single season in points per minute (.633) … Tied program record with 36 games played and started … His 240 made FGs marked the program’s third-most in a single season and 17th in the country … Was fourth in the ACC in scoring with 18.3 points per game and sixth in the ACC blocks per game (1.4) … 2022-23 (Junior): All-ACC Third Team … Selected as an All-ACC Preseason Second Team pick by ACC media … Named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Watch List … Became the 45th 1,000-point scorer in Clemson history … Tallied 27 double-digit scoring games and four double-doubles while on a minutes restriction for the first two months of the season … 2021-22 (Sophmore): Led the Tigers in scoring (15.5 ppg) and total blocks (38) … Finished second in rebounding (5.8 rpg) … Was +11.9 in PPG, +3.7 in RPG, +1.4 in APG and nearly +1.0 block per game … Increased his 3-point shooting by nearly 20.0 percent … Shot 49.3% from the field and had a 52.4 effective field goal percentage … 2020-21 (Freshman): Appeared in 21 games off the bench for the Tigers … Averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in nearly 10 minutes per contest … Finished shooting 49.2 percent from the floor, including 75.0 percent from the foul line.

PERSONAL LIFE

Son of Melanie and Jerome Hall … Sister, Thayer, was a standout volleyball player for the Florida Gators and brother, Chris, played basketball at Anderson University.

PJ Hall