Breece Hall thought he might be traded until Aaron Glenn
Breece Hall was on the trade market … unless he wasn’t.
The Jets running back heard the rumors, and up until new coach Aaron Glenn called him to stop the speculation, Hall wasn’t specific what his future held.
“I mean, I was seeing it similar to everyone else was seeing it,” Hall said Wednesday, via video from Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. “However if individuals seem like you’re refraining from doing your job, you’re going to be replaced. It didn’t take place … AG called me and informed me he desired me to be here. So, you understand, for me, that implied a lot. I’m here. I’m here to work and ready to do my job. I’m proving that I are worthy of to be here.”
General Supervisor Darren Mougey refuted any trade talk involving Hall throughout the draft, saying the Jets had actually not considered dealing Hall. Glenn informed Hall the same thing in a telephone call.
“Initially I was like, ‘OK, we’ll see what takes place,’ and then AG called me and told me, he’s like, ‘Breece, do you think I want to trade you?'” Hall said. “I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ He was like, ‘Breece, I do not wish to trade you. I desire you to be here. You’re going to be our running back.’ So, that felt really great.”
Hall averaged a career-low 4.2 yards per bring and a career-low 54.8 yards per game in 2024. Even though he played 16 games, Hall revealed he had a “pretty major” knee injury.He confesses last season “drew “in every method as the Jets went 5-12.
“Yeah, it’s constantly frustrating as a group and as a specific when you’re not winning games and playing along with you anticipate,” Hall said. “Then, after the season, there’s constantly someone to blame or the blame is put on. A lot of it just so happened to type of be on me. So, it resembled, ‘OK, just return to the drawing board, just return to working hard.’ I understand what kind of prospective I have, but possible only presumes. I want to be an item. I wish to be able to state that I’ve done everything I wanted to do.”
Hall is getting in the 4th and final season of his rookie offer and still searching for his first 1,000-yard rushing season and his very first Pro Bowl. Glenn has indicated the team would have a running back by committee, with Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis and Kene Nwangwu likewise on the depth chart at the position.
“I’m not obligated anything. I have actually got to go and show that I am the guy,” Hall stated. “I seem like I am a three-down back. Every day I’m going to prove I’m the very best back on this lineup and among the very best backs in the league.”