Senior running back for South Florida. 2023: 215 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 6 catches.
5′9″ · 210 lb · Vernon, FL
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.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 953 nationally · Signed with South Florida
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for South Florida. 2023: 215 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 6 catches.
K'Wan Powell
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. K'Wan Powell has played for two head coaches in two seasons at South Florida. The receipt on tape: 55 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Rice, Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Florida, 338 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Scott → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: success rate (4th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 17.8 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 28.8 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 25.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 13.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #298 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Florida | 61 | 215 | 3.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 85 | 338 | 4.0 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Florida | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 38–24
vs Florida A&M
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-41@ Western Kentucky | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24vs Florida A&M | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-17vs Alabama | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-29vs Rice | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 1 | 26 | Season-high 55 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 44-30@ Navy | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 6 | L 35-56@ UAB | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-56vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ UConn | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | W 45-0@ Syracuse | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 61 | 215 | 3.1 | 1 | 27 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
11.9% of carries overall (62/523) → 18.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/81) — 80.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (23.8%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Terrion Avery’s 2021 season.
Matches Terrion on
Differs from Terrion on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Shadrick Byrd’s path through Charlotte.
Jawaun Northington
Matches Shadrick on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Terrion Avery's sophomore season at South Alabama (2021).
Matches Terrion on
Differs from Terrion on
Player DNA