When Harry Hall takes the field for a Tiger football game, the linebacker/running back doesn't get a whole lot of down time.

When the games end, the Northwestern junior might take off his cleats and shoulder pads, but other than his attire, not much changes. On and off the field, he eats, breathes and sleeps football."I feel like I watch film and then I go to football and then I watch film and then I go to football," Hall said. "(Tiger quarterback) Frank Dangello is one of my best friends and he's 24/7 football, too. It gets a little old, but I love it."Hall led Northwestern in rushing yards (1,694), carries (210), rushing touchdowns (15), solo tackles (46) and sacks (6) last fall while helping the team to a one-loss season, a share of the Colonial League title and its first District 11 title since 2002.He also forced a pair of fumbles and blocked two kicks, while causing one fumble and intercepting one pass."Probably the most astounding thing," said Tiger head coach Josh Snyder, "or the thing that not a lot of people realize is we ask him to run the ball 20-30 times a game and play middle linebacker for 50-60 snaps and get blocked by linemen. He gets mad when you take him off the field. He's such a warrior that he'd rather have it this way."Hall is the first Times News football Player of the Year from Northwestern since his head coach earned the title as a senior in 1997.Hall began his high school football career as a linebacker first and a running back second. He liked it that way until the team needed him to carry the ball more.At times he was the team's feature back. Other times he was a blocking back. In both roles he was vital to the team."When you look at what we tried to accomplish this year, everything we did we predicated off of the run," Snyder said. "We're running the pistol. He's the running back and he's going to get the ball in a close game 20-25 times. The other team knows that. We know that and it's still really tough to stop him and tough to tackle him."We tell him to carry the ball all the way down the field then when we get in the red zone we put Cam (Richardson) in at tailback and tell (Hall) to move up and play fullback in our short-yardage package," said Snyder. "He never cared about not getting those 10 more touchdowns, and that speaks of his unselfishness."Hall has a linebacker's mentality toward the game. He likes the physicality and doesn't mind at all when he moves up to fullback.Growing up, he always preferred defense, but this season he's enjoying running the ball and scoring touchdowns. He doesn't mind when he's asked to be the blocking back."I get to hit somebody blocking," he said. "I get to hopefully get one of my teammates some yards and hopefully a touchdown."I started getting into more offense and then I wasn't allowed to go in as much on special teams, which I sort of toss in with defense. Deep down I think it's probably still defense, but running the ball and running behind my linemen, it's cool to see all that come together. And scoring is awesome."On defense Hall is asked to do more than just hit people. As the most experienced defensive player on the team, he was a leader this season and will become more of one as a senior next year."I get all the signals from the sidelines and call all the plays with my other middle linebacker," he said."This year I get to move around the defense and get to tell people where they should be going. I think that's awesome having them trust me to know what I'm doing and knowing they can count on me."Hall grew up watching his brother Mark play for the Tigers. He got his love for the game from Mark and father Ron. His athleticism is also a family trait as brother Joe Hall is a former Times News Track Athlete of the Year who earned a Division I scholarship.He started lifting and doing speed training with strength coach Mike MacLaughlin, which has helped him become the versatile player he was this season.Those offseason lifting sessions are where the team bonds formed. It led to the Tigers' run to the state playoffs."It was a group of guys that I lifted with, with coach Mac," said Hall. "We were really close and we all played football. When it came to football season it all transferred into football and we stayed together."It led to one of the best seasons in Tiger football history, and Hall was a huge part of it. With that season now over, Hall won't put the cleats and pads back on for a while. But not much will change when it comes to how he spends his time until summer camp rolls around."School and lifting," he said. "Just school and lifting."