UP CLOSE: Chris Hale

Nickname: The Troll

Favorite cold cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Favorite Bronco Mendenhall Quote: WAKE UP!!

Why did I choose to play football over other sports: I thought it was the sport that provided me with the best challenge.

Before a football game, I: Try to take a nap.

How did I spend my off-season: In the weight room and on the practice field getting ready for the season.

Who is the best player I've ever faced: Brian Urlacher, New Mexico

The dirtiest team I've every played is: Utah

What would I like to do sometime in my life: Go Skydiving

One place I would like to visit: The Galapagos Islands

If I could play another position, what would it be: Linebacker

Who has had the greatest influence on my football career and why: My dad, He always supported and encouraged me even when other people said I was too small to play football

What do I want to be doing 20 years from now: Living off my investments

How did I select my jersey number: I didn't, Mick did when I was a Freshman. I think it was the only one left and I stuck with it.

What is my favorite hobby or activity away from football: Playing with my litle boy

What is the best book I've ever read: The Count of Monte Cristo

People say I look like: Kyle Cannon

My favorite professor or most interesting class I've taken at BYU: Intro to Marketing with Jeff Sheets

What is my most memorable athletic achievement or moment: My very first collegiate catch. It was the game winning touchdown against Washington in 1999.

If I had to give up all of my possessions except one, what would be the one thing I kept and why: I'll say scriptures because I've written a lot of things in there that are important to me.

My favorite scripture: Alma 26:11-12

My favorite website: www.espn.go.com

My advice to youngsters: If you want something badly enough and are willing to work for it, you can achieve it no matter what anyone else tells you.

If I were on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," the person I'd call for my lifeline is and why: Ken Jennings, I think the "why" is self explanatory

If I were hosting you on a recruiting visit to Provo, the most impressive thing I'd have to show you is: The Eco-Challenge course because they'll be enjoying that for the next 4-5 years.

My least favorite trip is and why: Wyoming, because it's in Laramie, also self explanatory

One rule I'd change in college football is: Down by contact

If I could invite any three people to dinner, who would they be: I'd just want my wife, my boy, and myself, that way I wouldn't have to worry about all the rules of ettiquite I don't know yet .

On game day my friends and relatives: Watch the game any way they can, on TV or there in person.