AWARDS:
- All-Mountain West First Team (2020, 22)
- Preseason Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
- Preseason All-Mountain West (2022)
- Third Team Athlon Preseason All-Mountain West Defense (2022)
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention Selection (2021)
- Dean's Scholar Award (2021)
- Mountain West All-Academic Honoree (2018, 19, 20, 21)
- Earned All-America honors from Walter Camp, USA Today and Sporting News (2020)
- Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (2020)
- Named to the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year watch list (2020)
- Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (11/14/20)
- Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2020)
2022:
- Finished career with 184 tackles, 42 tackles for loss, 25.5 sacks, six force fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two pass deflections and an interception
- His 42 tackles for loss are good for third all-time in SJSU history, his 25.5 sacks are fourth in SJSU history and his 55 games played are tied for first in SJSU history
- He finished the season with 36 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and an interception
- Had four tackles against EMU in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/20)
- Had two tackles vs. Hawai'i (11/26)
- Had a sack, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble and four tackles at Utah State (11/19)
- Had career-high four sacks and tied career-high with 4.0 TFL's vs. Nevada (10/29)
- Had two tackles including 0.5 for loss at Fresno State (10/15)
- Had three tackles with a sack and 2.0 tackles for loss vs. UNLV (10/7)
- Had first career interception, plus added 0.5 sacks and 2 tackles at Wyoming (10/01)
- Had first sack of season plus four tackles and a pass deflection vs. WMU (9/24)
- Had three tackles including 1.0 for loss at Auburn (9/10)
- Had four tackles including one for loss vs. Portland St. (9/1)
2021:
- Recorded season-high of two sacks for 15 yards, also seven tackles against Wyoming (10/30)
- Had a minimum of one tackle in 10-of-12 games
- Secured one sack against New Mexico State for a loss of 14 yards (10/2)
- Forced a loss of five yards, four solo tackles, and two assisted tackles at USC (9/4)
- Averaged 3.3 tackles per game, 40 tackles total
- Forced back-to-back fumbles against San Diego State (10/15) and UNLV (10/21)
- Finished with 23 solo tackles and 17 assists
2020:
- Earned Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week honors for the week of November 14th after recording career-highs in sacks (3.0) and tackles for loss (4.0) against UNLV
- Started the first seven games of the season
- Tied for second nationally in total sacks (10.0)
- Also tied for 12th nationally in tackles for loss per game (1.7) and 20th in total tackles for loss (12.0)
- Captured Defensive MVP honors of the Mountain West Championship game after recording 3.0 tackles for loss including a pair of sacks
- Finished the year with 26 total tackles
- Recorded a sack in 5-of-7 games played
- Had four games with multiple sacks
2019:
- Started in all 12 contests
- Team leader in tackles for loss at 8.0 and quarterback hurries with five
- Was credited with a tackle for loss in five games
- Season-high 2.0 tackles for loss at Nevada (10/12), vs. Boise State (11/2), and in the Fresno State victory (11/30)
- One of two defensive linemen on the team with a tackle in every game
- Career-high eight tackles in the Army West Point win (10/26)
- One of four Spartans to force two fumbles during the season
- Second forced fumble came against Fresno State on his one quarterback sack for the season
- Also forced a fumble at Hawai'i (11/9) leading to a Spartan field goal
2018:
- Played in all 12 games and started the last eight contests
- Had more starts than any other freshman on the squad
- Had the most tackles of any freshman on the defensive unit
- Led the Spartans with 3.0 quarterback sacks
- Only player on the team to have 2.0 quarterback sacks in a game with his two sacks vs. Hawai'i (9/29)
- Gave a sign of things to come with a quarterback sack in the UC Davis season-opener (8/29)
- Totaled 43 tackles for the season
- Had a tackle in every game except at Washington State (9/8)
- Season-high seven tackles in the Hawai'i game
HIGH SCHOOL:
- A two-time first-team All-WCAL choice, the 2016 WCAL Most Valuable Defensive Lineman and the 2015 WCAL Sophomore of the Year for Bellarmine Prep in San Jose, Calif. (Coach Mike Janda)
- A San Jose Mercury News/Bay Area News Group first-team pick in 2015, a second-team selection in 2016 and an honorable mention choice in 2017
- A San Francisco Chronicle two-time honorable mention All-Metro honoree
- Also saw action as a tight end and has experience as a long snapper
- Two-sport athlete also was a member of the school's rugby team as a freshman
PERSONAL: A communication studies major ... Dad, Rhett Hall, was a defensive lineman on the 1989 and 1990 University of California teams who went to play eight seasons in the NFL for Tampa Bay (1991-93), San Francisco (1994) and Philadelphia (1995-98) ... Hall played in Super Bowl XXIX for the victorious 49ers ... Cade's uncle, Layne Hall, was a member of the 1991 and 1992 University of California football teams ... He is a native of San Jose.
CAREER STATISTICS
| DEFENSE | G/S | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | SK | FF | FR | INT | DEF |
| 2018...FR | 12/8 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 4.5/25 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019...SO | 12/12 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 8.0/29 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020...JR | 7/7 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 12.0/63 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021...SR | 12/12 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 5.5/43 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022...GR | 12/12 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 12/41 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAREER | 55/51 | 96 | 88 | 184 | 42/201 | 25.5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |