Clayton Powell-Lee is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Tech.
Powell-Lee moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the Georgia Tech secondary. First career honor, 2022: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. On tape: 12 tackles against NC State, Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 65 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 53 | 32 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 62 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 46 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 226 | 123 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20@ Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-21vs No. 12 Clemson | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ Wake Forest | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-48@ NC State | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 36-34@ Boston College | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-16vs No. 4 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL65 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
65 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #286 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #40 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
