Donavan Hale

Kennesaw State

Sep 6 (Sat)

Noon

BLOOMINGTON, IN - 2019.08.06 - Football fall camp

Photo by: Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Photo by: Larry Levanti

Weight:
229
Height:
6-4
Position:
WR
Year:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Largo, Fla.
High School:
Largo

Graduated with a liberal studies degree in Dec. 2019.

2019 (Senior): Caught 22 passes for 373 yards and three touchdowns in 11 games (2 starts) ... averaged a team-high 17.0 yards per reception ... threw a 49-yard TD pass against No. 6 Ohio State (9/14) ... posted his first-career 100-yard game with 110 yards on five grabs, including a 43-yard score, in the Eastern Illinois win (9/7) ... pulled in seven balls for 99 yards and one touchdown at No. 25 Michigan State.

2018 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches).

2018 (Junior): Finished with 42 receptions (3rd on the team) for 508 yards (2nd) and six touchdowns (1st), which shared 11th in the Big Ten ... averaged 42.3 yards per game and 12.1 yards per catch ... started eight times and appeared in all 12 games ... made a pair of tackles on special teams ... led the team in yardage four times and in receptions twice ... reached 50 yards seven times, including five of the last six games ... opened the season with four catches for 60 yards and a career-best two TDs at Florida International (9/1) ... made four grabs for 56 yards and one score in the Virginia win (9/8) ... added a 43-yard touchdown at Minnesota (10/26) ... netted 92 yards on three receptions with a 37-yard TD in the Maryland victory (11/10) ... posted a career-high 10 catches for 81 yards against Purdue (11/24) ... three-time IU offensive player of the game (Florida International, Rutgers, Maryland).

2017: Started the first two games and played in three before he suffered a season-ending injury and received a medical redshirt ... caught seven passes for 116 yards and a 32-yard touchdown ... recorded five receptions for 67 yards in his first-career start in the season opener against No. 2 Ohio State (8/31) ... reached the end zone and had two catches for 49 yards in the win at Virginia (9/9).

2016 (Sophomore): Made 13 receptions for 210 yards and one touchdown in 12 games ... special teams contributor posted two tackles against No. 10 Nebraska (10/15) and recovered his first-career fumble in the Foster Farms Bowl vs. No. 19 Utah (12/28) ... returned three kickoffs for 40 yards in the Purdue win (11/26) ... recorded the first TD of his career, a career-long 49-yarder, against Wake Forest (9/24).

2015 (Freshman): Played in 10 games ... caught one pass for 10 yards ... returned two kicks for 22 yards.

Prep/Personal: Quarterback for head coach Marcus Paschal at Largo High School ... his cousin, former IU safety Jonathan Crawford (2015-18), also attended Largo ... threw for 1,488 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior ... finished the year with over 2,000 all-purpose yards and 17 TDs ... first team all-district and all-county ... holds the program single-game record with five passing scores ... Largo claimed three-straight district titles and appeared in the playoffs four-straight seasons ... three-year football and four-year basketball letterwinner ... nominee for the McDonald’s All-American Game averaged 15.7 points, seven rebounds and four assists as a junior ... parents are Karla Bennett and Ron Hale ... Ron averaged 12.3 points per game at Florida State University from 1997-2000 ... born on Dec. 19, 1996.