Usage / Role
49%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2025Sam Houston
Cecil Powell
DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Deerfield Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cecil Powell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Impact Production
66
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- NC State • Troy • Sam Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Cecil Powell built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive back from Deerfield Beach, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with NC State, Sam Houston, and Troy. The clearest part of Cecil Powell's career...
Read the storyCecil Powell, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston. Cecil Powell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 136
- TFL
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Cecil Powell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Sam Houston · DB
- Career Tackles
- 136
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Vandegrift · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DB 201st (top 21%) · Conference USA 67th (top 13%) · National 843rd (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | NC State | 7 | 18 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | NC State | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 11 | 44 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | NC State | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Troy | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 17.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 10 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 58.5 |
Related Context
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Cecil Powell played DB for NC State, Troy, and Sam Houston. Across 7 tracked seasons, Cecil Powell recorded 30 receiving yards and 136 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Sam Houston paired 9.5 primary output with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Troy, Sam Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
27
Usage
5.6
Consistency
60.1
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Hawai'i: 2. New Mexico State: 0.5. Jacksonville State: 0. UTEP: 1. Oregon State: 1.5. Delaware: 1.5. Middle Tennessee: 2. Florida International: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 3 by 12.5. Western Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. Hawai'i: 4 by 36.7. New Mexico State: 5 by 25.8. Jacksonville State: 7 by 29.2. UTEP: 3 by 22.5. Oregon State: 3 by 27.5. Delaware: 5 by 35.8. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. Florida International: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Florida International | L 16-56 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Middle TennesseeSplash game | L 17-31 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Delaware | W 26-23 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Oregon State | W 21-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs UTEP | L 17-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-29 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-37 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ Hawai'iSplash game | L 20-37 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs UNLV | L 21-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Western Kentucky | L 24-41 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Cecil Powell story
Cecil Powell built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive back from Deerfield Beach, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with NC State, Sam Houston, and Troy. The clearest part of Cecil Powell's career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 9 passes defended across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 30 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cecil Powell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
NC State
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Troy
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Sam Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | NC State | 0.5 | 11.4 | 2 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | NC State | 7.5 | 24.6 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 7.5 | 24.6 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | — | — | -7.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Troy | 2 | 13.3 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 9.5 | 27 | 5.6 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 13 · L 17-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Pittsburgh
Week 5 · W 30-29 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 6 · W 38-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Kentucky
Week 1 · L 21-23 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 109 Delaware
Week 12 · W 26-23 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
9.5 primary output · 27 efficiency · 5.6 usage
58.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · NC State
38.1
0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · NC State
37.3
7.5 primary · 24.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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