#17

Cornell Powell

Former wide receiver at Clemson. 2020: 53 catches, 882 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Clemson · Sr. · #17

6′0″ · 210 lb · Greenville, NC

All-ConferenceKansas City — drafted 2021, Rd 5, Pick 37, #181 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 146 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Clemson. 2020: 53 catches, 882 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2016.
Drafted round 5 by the Kansas City in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Clemson, 1,211 receiving yards — drafted at #181 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 176 yds vs Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · W 52-172020

20165 games

Signed with Clemson4-star out of J.H. Rose

202011 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

2021

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 5, pick 181

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#146 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #181

Kansas City · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

1 coach

2016–2020

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 6th NFL season

#181Rd 5 · Pick 37

Kansas CityEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 65-6 over that span.

2016Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#20 / 421 · 95th pct

882

Receptions#32 / 421 · 92nd pct

Rec TDs#27 / 421 · 92nd pct

Long catch#60 / 421 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#65 / 421 · 84th pct

16.6

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	61.3	13.7	0.3
Road5g	4.0	75.0	16.8	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	21.4	8.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.5	106	20.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Clemson	53	882	16.6	7	--
2019	Clemson	15	122	8.1	2	--
2018	Clemson	5	63	12.6	0	--
2017	Clemson	8	57	7.1	1	--
2016	Clemson	12	87	7.2	0	--
Career		93	1,211	13.0	10	--

Season	Team
2020	Clemson	--	--	15	--	--
2019	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Clemson	--	--	117	--	--
2017	Clemson	--	--	65	--	--
2016	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	197	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2020

W 34–10

at Notre Dame

4 rec · 59 yds

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Notre Dame.

With T. Lawrence — 322 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 90 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · T. Etienne — 124 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Virginia Tech · 2&26 · Q4 · EPA +7.14Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Cornell Powell for 65 yds for a TD (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio State · 3&16 · Q4 · EPA +4.43Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Cornell Powell for 26 yds for a TD (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.19Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Cornell Powell for 70 yds to the Pitt 5 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.10D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Cornell Powell for 53 yds for a TD (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Cornell Powell for 43 yds for a TD (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 8 · Syracuse · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.58Cornell Powell 25 Yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (B.T. Potter Kick)
Week 16 · Notre Dame · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.39Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Cornell Powell for 26 yds to the NDame 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.16D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Cornell Powell for 51 yds to the NDame 20 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Cornell Powell for 24 yds to the GTech 37 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Boston College · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Cornell Powell for 15 yds to the BC 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week