Cecil Powell
Cecil Powell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Dave Doeren, Gerad Parker and Phil Longo. The receipt: 7 tackles against Jacksonville State — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 42 | 34 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Troy | 24 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 44 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025
W 26–23
vs Delaware
0 TFL · 4 SOLO · 5 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Sam Houston
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +5 net (20 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #126
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Makyle Sanders’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Rudolph's graduate season at Massachusetts (2023).
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