Mishael Powell

Former defensive back at Miami. 2024: 5 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

DB · Miami · Sr.

6′1″ · 210 lb · Seattle, WA

CFB Index 92 · #7 of 327 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceMiami 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2291 nationally · Signed with Washington

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Miami. 2024: 5 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington in 2019.
Transferred from Washington to Miami in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Miami, 124 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Washington3-star out of O'Dea

202411 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2291 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

2022–2024

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jess Simpson → Mario Cristobal. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake · Balanced

2022Washington11-2HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

92All-America level #7 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (94th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#4 / 862 · 99th pct

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#613 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles#1002 / 2892 · 65th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.7
Road5g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.2	0.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 327 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Index Score.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

92 · #7 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Miami	38	28	2.0	1.0	6	5	--
2023	Washington	38	29	2.5	0.0	6	3	--
2022	Washington	37	24	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Washington	11	7	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
Career		124	88	6.0	1.0	15	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

at Florida

1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 67 YDS

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.

With C. Ward — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · D. Joyce — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-17@ Florida	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Florida A&M	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 50-15@ South Florida	9	5	1.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 5	W 38-34vs Virginia Tech	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 39-38@ California	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 52-45@ Louisville	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 36-14vs Florida State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 53-31vs Duke	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Wake Forest	3	3	1.0	1.0	1	2
Wk 14	L 38-42@ Syracuse	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 41-42vs Iowa State	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		38	28	2.0	1.0	5	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology