He played 8 games for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1942 season before having his career cut short by World War II.

Vant Hull was a member of the undefeated 1940 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team which claimed the Associated Press national championship during the 1940 season.

[2] He was joined at Minnesota by his former West High School linemate, Butch Levy,[2] another tough and skilled player who would spend time in professional football.

The 1940 Golden Gophers team, for which Vant Hull started as a junior, posted an undefeated record of 8–0–0 and were honored by the members of the Associated Press as the country's National Champions of the 1940 season.

[3] In 1946, with the war at an end, Vant Hull attempted to resume his career with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference but was unable to make the team's final roster.