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Tyreem Powell

Former linebacker at Rutgers. 2024: 56 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Rutgers · Sr. · #22

6′5″ · 252 lb · Vineland, NJ

CFB Index 40 · #369 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceRutgers 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 775 nationally · Signed with Vineland South

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Rutgers. 2024: 56 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Vineland South in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 194 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Vineland South

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#775 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Greg Schiano — 23-28 over that span.

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

40Rotational starter #369 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (84th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#460 / 2892 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#460 / 2892 · 84th pct

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#900 / 2892 · 66th pct

3.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
Road6g	5.3	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	5.2	0.5	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #369 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #369 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Rutgers	56	32	3.5	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Rutgers	52	25	3.0	3.0	2	--	--
2022	Rutgers	68	35	6.5	4.0	4	--	--
2021	Rutgers	18	11	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		194	103	13.0	7.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 26–19

vs Minnesota

1 QB HUR · 4 SOLO · 8 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Kaliakmanis — 240 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.8 · -19 rush yds (3 car) · J. Anderson — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 4	W 26-23@ Virginia Tech	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-18vs Washington	5	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 6	L 7-14@ Nebraska	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 32-35vs UCLA	5	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-42@ USC	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 26-19vs Minnesota	8	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 12	W 31-17@ Maryland	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 31-38vs Illinois	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-14@ Michigan State	4	1	0.5	—	0
Bowl	L 41-44@ Kansas State	8	6	0.0	—	0
Total		56	32	3.5	—	2

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

Tyreem Powell

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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