Senior linebacker for East Carolina. 2023: 15 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′2″ · 237 lb · Granite Bay, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 linebacker for East Carolina. 2023: 15 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJack Powers
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Gardner-Webb — Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at East Carolina, 62 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Houston.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (15th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | East Carolina | 15 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 22 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Nevada | 22 | 15 | 4.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Nevada | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 62 | 33 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023
W 44–0
vs Gardner-Webb
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 13-31vs Marshall | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 28-43@ App State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-0vs Gardner-Webb | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24@ Rice | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-31vs SMU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-10vs Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-41@ UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-13vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Trimarcus Cheeks’s 2023 season.
Matches Trimarcus on
Differs from Trimarcus on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tray Dunson's graduate season at UTEP (2024).
Matches Tray on
Differs from Tray on
Player DNA