#95

Tyler Powell

Defensive lineman for North Carolina. 2018: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · North Carolina · #95

6′4″ · 270 lb · Midlothian, VA

North Carolina 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1120 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2018 defensive lineman for North Carolina. 2018: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Cosby

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1120 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Larry Fedora.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 13-23 over that span.

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#103 / 2662 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#350 / 2662 · 86th pct

7.0

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#1302 / 2662 · 50th pct

Solo tackles#1415 / 2662 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.8	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	North Carolina	31	16	7.0	2.0	--	--	--
2017	North Carolina	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	North Carolina	19	8	3.0	1.5	--	--	--
Career		53	25	10.0	3.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 49–26

vs Western Carolina

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 23-point win at home against Western Carolina.

With A. Ratliff-Williams — 15 rush yds (3 car) · N. Elliott — 308 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 17-24@ California	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 19-41@ East Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 38-35vs Pittsburgh	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 10-47@ Miami	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 19-22vs Virginia Tech	4	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 37-40@ Syracuse	4	3	2.5	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 9	L 21-31@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 28-38vs Georgia Tech	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 35-42@ Duke	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 49-26vs Western Carolina	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 28-34vs NC State	9	3	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Total		31	16	7.0	2.0	—

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