Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
Ryan Hall
NAME: Ryan Hall
PARENTS: Stacy and David Reynolds
SIBLINGS: I have one brother. He’s 19, I believe; Lance Reynolds. He graduated last year.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? Science
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Hang out with my friends. We do a bunch of stuff on the weekends.
FAVORITE FOOD: Chinese food
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: I like Country music.
FAVORITE MOVIE: It hasn’t come out yet but the movie Fury. I want to see it. It looks really good.
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Pawn Stars
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? A big red fire truck. I still have it.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I want to go to college. I’m thinking about playing football at UCA. I want to try to major in Nursing then go to med school and work at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? Probably, my grandpa; he has had a lot of health problems but he’s always been able to get through it like he had open-heart surgery. He just worked through it every time.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOTBALL? Hitting people, obviously.
POSITION: Defensive end
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? I think we’re doing really good, honestly.
WHAT’S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Beating Greenwood.
WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? We’ve just got to play together as a team. That’s the really big thing. And be able to execute on both sides of the ball; special teams too. That’s going to be a really big part of these next few games.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? I can hit people really hard and make them do stuff they’re not supposed to do.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? Getting stronger and getting faster to try to get around the person I’m supposed to beat, playing better technique, reading the guy in front of me — what he’s doing — so I can know what to do.
AFTER YOU’RE THROUGH PLAYING FOOTBALL AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? How we played as a team and we took care of each other, never brought anybody down. We always kept each other up when we were down.
