‘Can you believe it, after all these years?’ Former QB Max Hall graduating from BYU on Thursday
Sixteen years after he left BYU as the winningest QB in school history, Max Hall is returning to Provo to graduate and pick up his college degree
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News Known as a fiery, self-assured and emotional leader on the football field, sometimes to his own detriment , former BYU quarterback Max Hall has never lacked enthusiasm in any of his pursuits. That’s why the 40-year-old father of two had no trouble describing what it has been like to finally get his degree from BYU some 16 years after leaving the school for a two-year stint in the NFL and a subsequent battle with substance abuse and addiction .
Hall was scheduled to address fellow graduating student-athletes Wednesday night at the annual banquet hosted by the athletic department. “Can you believe it, after all these years? ” Hall told the Deseret News on Tuesday.
“After all these years, I am finally getting this done. Finally. ” Hall made the trip back to Provo from his home in the Mesa, Arizona, area on Wednesday morning.
As of Wednesday afternoon, he was not planning to attend commencement exercises Thursday morning at the Marriott Center, or walk in any of the college convocations Thursday or Friday. “The athletic department graduation is a little more of an intimate setting with people I know and love,” he said. “I don’t think I am going to do the big one on Thursday.
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