Player Dossier

2020-2024

Virginia Tech

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

DL • 6'3" • 246 lbs • Portsmouth, VA, USA

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Antwaun Powell-Ryland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Florida • Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Antwaun Powell-Ryland built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Portsmouth, VA wearing No. 52, spending time with Florida and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Antwaun...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9251

Indian River · Portsmouth, VA

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 33
Overall
No. 209
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Antwaun Powell-Ryland, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Antwaun Powell-Ryland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
112
TFL
39.5
Sacks
29.5
QB hurries
17
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Antwaun Powell-Ryland quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · DL
Career Tackles
112
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Top game
Boston College
Recruit profile
4-star · Indian River · Florida
High school pipeline
Indian River · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 6 · Pick 33 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
42 tackles · DL 50th (top 5%) · ACC 106th (top 14%) · National 853rd (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonFlorida41-0--012.6
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida441.51.5--012.6
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida9276331043.6
2023 PostseasonVirginia Tech12110--057.1
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech123712.59.56-057.1
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech124218.515.58-070.9

Related Context

Antwaun Powell-Ryland played DL for Florida and Virginia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Antwaun Powell-Ryland recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Virginia Tech paired 42 primary output with 42.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 34.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida, Virginia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Virginia Tech

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

34.5

Usage

10.5

Consistency

37.5

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 1. Old Dominion: 4. Purdue: 2. Rutgers: 0. Marshall: 1. Pittsburgh: 4. Florida State: 0. Wake Forest: 8.5. Syracuse: 4. Boston College: 1. NC State: 0. Virginia: 3.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 1 by 14.2. Old Dominion: 6 by 65. Purdue: 4 by 36.7. Rutgers: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 1 by 14.2. Pittsburgh: 2 by 48.3. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 6 by 75. Syracuse: 4 by 56.7. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. NC State: 4 by 16.7. Virginia: 3 by 47.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3.7 · Games = 7 · +3.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -3.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

75 vs Wake Forest

Result
Wed 12/27@ TulaneW 41-2011100
Sat 11/25@ VirginiaSplash gameW 55-173110.500
Sat 11/18vs NC StateL 28-3543000
Sat 11/11@ Boston CollegeW 48-2210000
Thu 10/26vs Syracuse2+ sacks · Splash gameW 38-1043220
Sat 10/14vs Wake Forest2+ sacks · Splash gameW 30-13644.5040
Sat 10/7@ Florida StateL 17-3920000
Sun 10/1vs PittsburghSplash gameW 38-2121110
Sat 9/23@ MarshallL 17-2410000
Sat 9/16@ RutgersL 16-3542000
Sat 9/9vs PurdueSplash gameL 17-2443200
Sun 9/3vs Old Dominion2+ sacks · Splash gameW 36-1764220

Player Story

Antwaun Powell-Ryland story

Antwaun Powell-Ryland built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Portsmouth, VA wearing No. 52, spending time with Florida and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Antwaun Powell-Ryland's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 39.5 tackles for loss, 29.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Antwaun Powell-Ryland'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. 1

    Florida

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia Tech

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida0
2021 PostseasonFlorida312.72.63
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida312.72.60
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida13278.610
2023 PostseasonVirginia Tech2934.510.516
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech2934.510.50
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech4242.917.513

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Boston College

Week 8 · W 42-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

9 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Wake Forest

Week 7 · W 30-13 · Conference game

8.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Old Dominion

Week 3 · W 37-17

8

Havoc Plays

89.4 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas A&M

Week 10 · W 41-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida State

Week 13 · L 38-45

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

42 primary output · 42.9 efficiency · 17.5 usage

70.9

#2

2023 Postseason · Virginia Tech

57.1

29 primary · 34.5 efficiency · 10.5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

57.1

29 primary · 34.5 efficiency · 10.5 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

19

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games