Mani Powell is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Purdue.
Powell is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and three programs. First career honor, 2025: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 20 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Northwestern — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
110 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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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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 31-0vs Ball State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Southern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-33vs USC | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ No. 24 Notre Dame | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-43vs No. 22 Illinois | 14 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27@ Minnesota | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 20 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 20 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Rutgers | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-21@ No. 21 Michigan | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 13 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-49@ Washington | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-56vs No. 2 Indiana | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 110 | 57 | 12.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
110tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%12 TFLSack rate
5%5 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups110 tackles · 12 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 9.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
52.0%
404 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
64.8
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
110 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #35 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #6 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 3 schools: Sam Pittman and Barry Odom.
