Player Dossier

2019-2025

Sam 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.

Usage Score

5.6

Efficiency

27

Consistency

60.1

Season Value

48.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
NC State • Troy • Sam Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Scouting Read

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Cecil 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.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

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 11/29vs Florida InternationalL 16-5632000
Sat 11/22@ Middle TennesseeSplash gameL 17-3144100
Sun 11/16vs DelawareW 26-23540.50010
Sun 11/9@ Oregon StateW 21-17320.5001
Wed 10/15vs UTEPL 17-3532100
Fri 10/10vs Jacksonville StateL 27-2976000
Fri 10/3@ New Mexico StateL 10-37530.5000
Sun 9/7@ Hawai'iSplash gameL 20-3744002
Sat 8/30vs UNLVL 21-3833000
Sat 8/23@ Western KentuckyL 24-4154001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    NC State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Troy

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Sam Houston

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State0.511.42
2020 PostseasonNC State7.524.64.47
2020 Regular SeasonNC State7.524.64.40
2021 Regular SeasonNC State0-7.5
2022 Regular SeasonNC State00
2023 Regular SeasonNC State05.21.10
2024 Regular SeasonTroy213.32.82
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston9.5275.67.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.

#2

Middle Tennessee

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#3

Hawai'i

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

#4

UL Monroe

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#5

Delaware

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

9.5 primary output · 27 efficiency · 5.6 usage

48.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · NC State

35.4

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · NC State

29.3

7.5 primary · 24.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8669

Vandegrift · Austin, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

3

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

136

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 41 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.