2020 Football Roster

24 Phillip Powell

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 213
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Minor: Political Science
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School King College Prep
  • Prev School South Dakota

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE
RS-SENIOR (2020):
Did not appear in a game.

SOUTH DAKOTA
RS-JUNIOR (2019):
Started all 11 games appeared in…fourth on team with 60 tackles…picked off two passes and led team with eight pass breakups…recorded 1.5 tackles-for-loss…made eight tackles at Oklahoma…recorded seven tackles and picked off two passes against Houston Baptist…recorded six tackles at Missouri State and against Southern Illinois…made career-high 13 tackles with one for loss at Western Illinois…made six stops against Youngstown State.
 
RS-SOPHOMORE (2018): Started the first three games of the season at safety before sustaining an injury that kept him out of all but one game the rest of the year… was the team’s second-leading tackler through those first three games with 18… intercepted a pass in each of the first two games of the season… forced two fumbles in the season opener at Kansas State, the second of which setup a last second field goal attempt that would have forced overtime (9/1)… led the Coyotes with eight tackles against the Wildcats including one for loss...Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll member.
 
RS-FRESHMAN (2017): Named to the HERO Sports Freshman All-America First Team…appeared in all 13 games…started four of the final five games of the season at safety…was second-leading tackler over the final five games…totaled 64 tackles, the third-highest on team…led the Coyotes with 13 tackles on special teams…led the team and ranked eighth in the Valley with three interceptions…had 2.0 tackles-for-loss including a sack and was credited with two pass breakups…had two interceptions in his collegiate debut in the season opener at Drake and returned the first for a 9-yard touchdown…led the team in tackles in back-to-back weeks against Northern Iowa (9) and No. 6 North Dakota State (11)…had 10 tackles and was credited with the game-winning, forced fumble at the goal line in the closing seconds of the team’s FCS playoff win at No. 22 Nicholls.

FRESHMAN (2016): Redshirt season…MVFC Conference Honor Roll member.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended King College Prep in Chicago…accumulated more than 1,500 receiving yards with 27 touchdown grabs and 17 interceptions...earned all-conference and all-city honors for the Jaguars and was invited to the city-wide all-star game ... was on the honor roll every semester.

PERSONAL
Parents, Phil and Chantel.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Redshirt Senior

    Safety
    6'0" 213 lbs
  • 24

    2020Graduate Student

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 213 lbs
    24