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Player Dossier
2022-2025Purdue
Mani Powell
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mani Powell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
92
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arkansas • UNLV • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Mani Powell built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 16, spending time with Arkansas, Purdue, and UNLV. The clearest part of Mani Powell's career was his defensive...
Read the storyMani Powell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue. Mani Powell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 173
- TFL
- 20.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Mani Powell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · LB
- Career Tackles
- 173
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Oregon State
- High school pipeline
- Sandy Creek · 52 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 110 tackles · LB 23rd (top 2%) · Big Ten 2nd (top 1%) · National 27th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | UNLV | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UNLV | 12 | 56 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 110 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 81.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Mani Powell played LB for Arkansas, UNLV, and Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mani Powell recorded 173 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Purdue paired 22 primary output with 52.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 52.7 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 Arkansas, UNLV, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
52.7
Usage
17.5
Consistency
71.7
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 2. Southern Illinois: 0. USC: 2. Notre Dame: 1. Illinois: 0.5. Minnesota: 1. Northwestern: 2.5. Rutgers: 2.5. Michigan: 3. Ohio State: 2.5. Washington: 2. Indiana: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 5 by 40.8. Southern Illinois: 5 by 20.8. USC: 7 by 49.2. Notre Dame: 7 by 39.2. Illinois: 14 by 55. Minnesota: 7 by 39.2. Northwestern: 20 by 75. Rutgers: 11 by 70.8. Michigan: 5 by 50.8. Ohio State: 13 by 75. Washington: 9 by 57.5. Indiana: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 10 · +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
Indiana
Best efficiency game
75 vs Ohio State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 3-56 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ WashingtonSplash game | L 13-49 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Ohio State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 10-34 | 13 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ MichiganSplash game | L 16-21 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Rutgers10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-27 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash game | L 0-19 | 20 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Minnesota | L 20-27 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Illinois10+ tackles | L 27-43 | 14 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Notre Dame | L 30-56 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs USCSplash game | L 17-33 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Southern Illinois | W 34-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 31-0 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mani Powell story
Mani Powell built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 16, spending time with Arkansas, Purdue, and UNLV. The clearest part of Mani Powell's career was his defensive production: 173 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Mani Powell's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas, Purdue, and UNLV.
The arc is straightforward: Mani Powell moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Arkansas
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
UNLV
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Purdue
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | UNLV | 16 | 33.5 | 10.6 | 16 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UNLV | 16 | 33.5 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 22 | 52.7 | 17.5 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon State
Week 8 · W 33-25
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Fresno State
Week 5 · W 59-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 1 Indiana
Week 14 · L 3-56 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 2 Ohio State
Week 11 · L 10-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 51 Northwestern
Week 8 · L 0-19 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
22 primary output · 52.7 efficiency · 17.5 usage
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#2
2024 Postseason · UNLV
61.9
16 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 10.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · UNLV
61.9
16 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 10.6 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
13
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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