Te'Rai Powell: DB · Massachusetts · #21.
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Te'Rai Powell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons at Massachusetts span four head coaches: Walt Bell, Alex Miller, Don Brown and Shane Montgomery. On tape: 7 tackles against Eastern Michigan, Week 1, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 52 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 59 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 17 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 56 | 28 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 19 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 203 | 108 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-28vs Eastern Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 23-38@ Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-34@ Buffalo | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-31vs Central Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-34@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-45vs No. 21 Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-7vs Wagner | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-45@ Mississippi State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-35vs Liberty | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-59@ No. 8 Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-47vs UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL52 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Montgomery
Pass share
40.7%
327 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
67.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Massachusetts, 203 tackles — the college career is complete.
