Former Alabama WR Agiye Hall gets probation on trafficking charge

Former Alabama football wide receiver Agiye Hall recently pled no contest to first-degree felony charges of trafficking in 300 plants or 25 pounds of cannabis in Florida, according to court documents obtained by AL.com.

Hall was given 18 months of supervised probation and the court withheld adjudication of the case, which otherwise would have carried a three-year minimum sentence and 30 years maximum, according to the court documents.

Hall’s plea occurred in June. His canceled trial was scheduled for Monday.

Hall was set to walk on to Central Florida’s football team this season, after not playing in 2023 and spending 2022 with Texas. 247Sports recently reported Hall did not join the Knights as scheduled.

Hall was detained at the Orlando airport in July of 2023, and was arrested Dec. 4, after officers found approximately 40.3 pounds of marijuana in 31 vacuum-sealed bags in his luggage, according to a court affidavit. Hall was returning to Florida on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco.

Bond was originally set at $500,000 for Hall, leading to his attorneys filing a motion to reduce the amount. The motion describes significant mental health challenges for Hall, including diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

“An objective review of Mr. Hall’s background, family situation, mental health struggles, and age, suggests Mr. Hall was likely in a perceived financial strain and viewed purchasing cannabis in California and reselling it in Florida as a innocuous, yet quick way, to make money to help his family and himself during what is obviously a stressful situation,” Richard Hornsby, Hall’s attorney, wrote in the motion, which was accepted by judge Jenifer Harris of the circuit court of the ninth judicial circuit in Orange County.

Hall joined the Crimson Tide as a four-star prospect in 2021 after playing his high school football at Bloomingdale in Florida. He played in seven games that season, catching two passes in Alabama’s national championship game loss to Georgia.

He entered the transfer portal after one season in Tuscaloosa, eventually joining former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian at Texas. He caught one pass for seven yards with the Longhorns before he was suspended indefinitely following an arrest on criminal mischief charges, which were eventually dismissed.

According to the terms of his release, he must continue his college education and attend counseling sessions no less than every other week.