Player Dossier

2024-2025

Northern Illinois

Taylor Powell

DB • 6'4" • 198 lbs • Belleville, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taylor Powell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.5

Efficiency

13

Consistency

3.3

Season Value

5.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Taylor Powell, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Taylor Powell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0.5 primary output with 13 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Loss with 0.5 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

13

Usage

2.5

Consistency

3.3

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Mississippi State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Miami (OH): 0.5. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Ball State: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Kent State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 3 by 12.5. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 1 by 9.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 4 by 16.7. Ball State: 3 by 12.5. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Kent State: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=2 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · n=7 · +0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · n=5 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=5 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs Western Michigan

Result
Fri 11/28vs Kent StateL 31-3561000
Wed 11/19vs Western MichiganL 19-3587000
Thu 11/13@ MassachusettsW 45-310000
Sat 10/25vs Ball StateW 21-732000
Sat 10/18@ OhioL 21-4844000
Sat 10/11@ Eastern MichiganL 10-1610000
Sat 10/4vs Miami (OH)L 14-25100.5000
Sat 9/27vs San Diego StateL 3-621000
Sat 9/20@ Mississippi StateL 10-3831000
Sat 8/30vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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

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    Northern Illinois

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2025 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0.5132.50.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Miami (OH)

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Primary metric

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 21.2 takeover score.

#2

Western Michigan

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13 takeover score.

#3

Kent State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.

#4

Ohio

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

#5

Ball State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0.5 primary output · 13 efficiency · 2.5 usage

5.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8411

East St. Louis · East St. Louis, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

30

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 10 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Taylor Powell quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
30