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0 Juan Powell

  • Position NICKEL
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Atlanta, Ga.

Biography

Graduated in May 2023 with a bachelor's degree in communications from East Carolina.

2023 (Redshirt Senior) 
  • Played in 10 games with nine starts at nickel for the Chants
  • Recorded 55 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, six pass breakups, and one forced fumble on the year 
  • Season-high 10 tackles, including six solo stops, and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern (Sept. 30)
  • Made eight tackles, season-high 2.0 tackles for loss, and added a forced fumble against Old Dominion (Nov. 4)
  • Tallied nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Georgia State (Sept. 21)
  • Seven tackles with four solo stops against UCLA (Sept. 2)

Prior to Coastal Carolina
 
2022 (Redshirt Junior) at East Carolina
  • Played in all 13 games for the Pirates
  • Finished the season with 39 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, one fumble recovery, one interception, and one pass breakup
  • Recorded six tackles, including four solo tackles, and 0.5 tackles-for-loss against No. 13 NC State (Sept. 13)
  • Registered a team-high six tackles versus Old Dominion (Sept. 10)
  • Tallied seven tackles, highlighted by five solo stops, and was credited with a pass breakup in the win over Campbell (Sept. 17)
  • Posted five tackles and picked up the first fumble recovery of his career against Navy (Sept. 24)
  • Logged six tackles, including five solo stops versus South Florida (Oct. 1)
  • Notched three tackles at Tulane (Oct. 8)
  • Posted one tackle in the win over UCF (Oct. 22) and in the loss at Cincinnati (Nov. 11)
  • Had four tackles versus Temple (Nov. 26)
  • Recorded an interception against Houston (Nov. 19)
  • Suited up for the Pirates against Coastal Carolina at the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl game (Dec. 27)
 
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore) at East Carolina
  • Started six of nine games on the season
  • Tallied 26 tackles with 2.0 tackles-for-loss on the year
  • Added a pair of pass breakups, one each versus South Carolina (Sept. 11) and at Marshall (Sept. 18)
  • Recorded multiple tackles in six games with a season-best six stops twice - versus Charleston Southern (Sept. 25) and at UCF (Oct. 9)
  • Credited with a two-yard tackle-for-loss against Charleston Southern and UCF
  • Intercepted his first career pass at UCF, returning it four yards
  • Forced his first career fumble and had three tackles versus Cincinnati (Nov. 26)
  • Finished with three tackles in the season opener at Appalachian State (Sept. 2)

2020 (Redshirt Freshman) at East Carolina
  • Appeared in five games, making two starts during COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season
  • Totaled 30 tackles overall on the year, including 19 solo stops
  • Credited with one pass breakup
  • Recorded multiple tackles in all five games with a career-best 10 in the season finale against SMU (Nov. 28)
  • Was credited with his first career tackle-for-loss in the second quarter versus SMU
  • Totaled eight tackles, including six solo stops at Cincinnati (Nov. 13)
  • Tallied five stops against Tulane (Nov. 7) and at Temple (Nov. 21)
  • Also had two tackles versus UCF (Sept. 26)

2019 (Freshman) at East Carolina
  • Redshirt season
  • Played in only four games, seeing time on defense and special teams
  • Experienced action against Cincinnati (Nov. 2), SMU (Nov. 9), UConn (Nov. 23), and Tulsa (Nov. 30) successively to close out the season
  • Made one start, opening the regular-season finale versus the Golden Hurricane at strong safety
  • Finished the season with 18 total tackles, including 14 solo tackles
  • Recorded three or more tackles in three outings, which included a season-best 10 stops versus Tulsa
  • Tallied five hits, all solo, at UConn
  • Posted three stops at SMU
  • Did not record any statistics in his collegiate debut on special teams versus Cincinnati
  • Enrolled early at ECU in January 2019 and participated with the Pirates in spring drills

High School
  • Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com
  • Also rated among the top 130 cornerbacks nationally
  • A two-way player for the Astros, who earned four letters in football for coach Rodney Cofield at Douglass High School
  • Rushed for 3,881 yards on 423 carries, an average of 9.2 yards per carry, and scored 45 touchdowns over his high school career
  • Recorded 18 career 100-yard rushing games for Douglass
  • Rushed for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons as a junior and senior to close out prep career
  • Completed 17-of-44 career passes for 463 yards and eight scores while catching 22 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns for the Astros
  • Fumbled only once in 423 carries over 33 high school career games
  • Credited with 18 tackles over the last two years on defense
  • Picked off a pair of passes as a senior and picked up 106 return yards and two touchdowns
  • 45 of 48 of his high school career TDs came on the ground
  • Tallied 4,578 all-purpose yards
  • Named DHS’s 2016 Player of the Year by MaxPreps.com as a sophomore after rushing for 998 yards on 102 carries with 11 touchdowns
  • Earned All-Region 6-AA honors as a sophomore as well
  • Followed his breakout sophomore season with 1,336 rushing yards on 167 rushes with 14 scores as a junior, playing primarily the quarterback position
  • Added all-state and Region 6-AA Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2017 as a junior
  • Finished his prep career with his second-straight 1,000-yard season (1,432 on 130 carries) and a team-best 19 TDs on his way to Region 6-AA Athlete of the Year honors as a senior
  • Chose East Carolina over Cincinnati, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Massachusetts, Syracuse, Tennessee, Tulane, and USF

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    2023Redshirt Senior

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    5'11" 190 lbs
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    2024Graduate Student

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    5'11" 190 lbs
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