St. Louis ? Another day, another member of the St. Louis Rams is lost for the season due to injury.

On Thursday, it was kick returner Dante Hall, who has been hobbled much of the season by a high ankle sprain. Coach Scott Linehan said the team has decided to put Hall, 29, on the Injured Reserve list.

“His ankle is not responding,” Linehan said. “He still has swelling and is unable to cut on it.”

Hall becomes the 11th Rams player to have his season end by injury this season, and the second this week, joining cornerback Tye Hill, the team’s 2006 No. 1 draft pick who had season-ending wrist surgery.

Hall spent seven seasons in Kansas City before coming to St. Louis in a pre-draft trade. He has never before been on IR.

“It’s pretty tough,” he said. “I take pride in not missing games so to be put on IR is like total devastation. But at this point, it’s just a smart thing to do for me and the team.

“We were going back and forth,” Hall said. “It would feel good one week and then it would start to ache. It put coach in a bind not knowing who was going to be his returner every week. I’ll heal up and get ready for next year.”

Surgery will not be required.

Hall reinjured the ankle on a return Nov. 25 against Seattle. The injury first occurred Oct. 7 against Arizona, forcing him to miss four games. Both injuries came in home games played on the turf field of the Edward Jones Dome.