Josh Powell: LB · Florida International · #11.
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Josh Powell
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Five seasons in the Florida International linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Central Michigan — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 34 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida International | 23 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Florida International | 18 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Florida International | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 87 | 49 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Long Island University | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-23vs Texas State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-54@ Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ Central Michigan | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 21-58@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-45vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-34vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-38@ Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-47vs Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-49vs North Texas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-37@ Southern Miss | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups34 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
5 seasons under Butch Davis — 24-32 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
51.0%
378 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida International, 87 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Butch Davis.
