Senior defensive back on UCF's 2021 roster.
5′11″ · 225 lb · Orlando, FL
Jon Powell
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Jon Powell has been at UCF through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against SMU — Week 11, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 50 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 63-14vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Navy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-56@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-7@ Temple | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 14-10vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-55@ SMU | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-17vs UConn | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 18 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Muheem McCargo’s 2021 season.
Matches Muheem on
Differs from Muheem on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Vonta Bentley's senior season at Clemson (2021).
Matches Vonta on
Player DNA