Pirate Duo Earns Hampshire Honor Society Membership

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Dustyn Hall and Luke Larsen have earned membership into the 2025 National Football Foundation Honor Society according to a release from the NFF and College Hall of Fame.

Hall and Larsen were among 2,532 players nationally to earn the honor, which has been awarded annually since 2006 for outstanding academic achievement. The duo joins Robert Lee (2006), Kevin Roach (2006), Warren Harvey (2015), Zay Jones (2017), Phillip Nelson (2017), Worth Gregory (2017), Austin Teague (2018), Thomas Sirk (2018), Alex Turner (2020), Blake Proehl (2021), Jake Verity (2021), Fernando Frye (2022), Tyler Snead (2022), Jonn Young (2022), Aaron Jarman (2023), Jeremy Lewis (2023-24), Jireh Wilson (2023), Hampton Ergle (2024), Alex Flinn (2024) and Larsen (2024-25) as members of the honor society. Larsen joins Lewis as the only Pirates to become two-time honorees.

Hall, who graduated with a degree in criminology from South Florida (fall of 2022), is currently pursuing a masters in criminal justice. He was named to the 2020 USF Athletics Spring Honor Roll and is a three-time AAC All-Academic Team selection (2019-21). Larsen earned his undergraduate degree from ECU in industrial distribution (spring 2023) and enrolled in ECU's MBA program in the fall of 2023. He is a six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (fall 2021-present) and a four-time AAC All-Academic Team selection (2020-23).

Dustyn Hall Bio
Career Notes: Five-year letterman (2/East Carolina, 3/South Florida), who played in 55 career games making 50 starts … Closed Pirate career starting 25 consecutive contests date back to the beginning of 2023 campaign … In all at ECU, started 16 games at center and nine at left guard … During two-year career for the Pirates, logged 1,704 total snaps.

2024 Season: Started all 13 games during final year at East Carolina earning second varsity letter … Named College Football Network Honorable Mention after logging 911 total snaps – all at center … Stood second among offensive linemen in snaps … Helped provide running lanes for all five of Rahjai Harris' 100-yards games … Helped the Pirates average 436.4 yards of offense a contest, which ranked 24th in FBS … ECU's offense averaged 32.0 points per game (34th nationally), while its offense averaged 253.3 passing yards per contest (24th nationally) and 172.4 rushing yards per contest (50th nationally) … Member of offensive line unit that helped the Pirates register 500 or more total yards in a game five times (Norfolk State, Temple, Florida Atlantic, Tulsa, North Texas) … Helped provide key blocks on Rahjai Harris' go ahead 86-yard TD run against NC State in the Go Bowling Military Bowl with 1:33 remaining in the fourth quarter … ECU scored 49 offensive TDs (26 rushing, 23 passing) … Blocked for a pair of five-TD passing games for Katin Houser (Temple, Florida Atlantic) … One of 22 players to earn Captain's Award … Six-time gameday captain … Named Third Team Preseason All-AAC by Athlon Sports in 2024.

Luke Larsen Bio
Career Notes: Four-year letterman who appeared in 43 games at East Carolina … Tallied 174 punts for 7,099 yards … Currently ranks second all-time in net punting average (38.55) and eighth on ECU's career punting average at 40.8 ypp … Landed 51 punts inside the 20-yard line (3/'20, 2/'21, 12/'22, 19/'23, 15/'24) … Booted 19 punts for 50 or more yards with a long of 56 against Charlotte in 2023 … Seventy-five of 174 punts have been fair caught … Two-time National Football Foundation Honor Society member (2024-25).

2024: Appeared in all 13 games as the Pirates primary punter and holder on field goal and PATs … Logged 121 total snaps as a member of special teams' unit … Punted 52 times for 2,123 yards posting a 40.8 average … Landed 15 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line, recorded two touchbacks and 22 fair catches … Two of 50 or more punts including a season-long 51-yarder at Army … Registered multiple punts in 11 of 13 contests … Had 200 or more yards in a game six times … Punted at least five times in a game on six occasions … Named STEM Scholar-Athlete by Go Bowling Military (Nov. 20) … Earned selection to Ray Guy's 8 following the Appalachian State game (Sept. 16) … Selected as a game captain for Florida Atlantic contest … One of 22 players to earn Captain's Award … Named a Fourth Team Preseason All-AAC selection by Phil Steele Magazine in 2024 … Preseason Ray Guy Watch List.

The NFF Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of players from all divisions of play who have completed their eligibility or graduated with remaining eligibility but elected not to return to play and maintained a cumulative 3.20 GPA or better throughout their collegiate career.

Players Mentioned

Hampton Ergle

Dustyn Hall

Rahjai Harris

Katin Houser

Luke Larsen

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