6′1″ · 200 lb · West Richland, WA
Sawyer Powell: DB · BYU · #28.
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Sawyer Powell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at BYU. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Tennessee — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-30vs No. 14 Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 29-26@ Tennessee | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 24 USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-27@ South Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-10vs Idaho State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 34-38vs Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2019
W 29-26
at Tennessee
8 tackles · 4 solo tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
20tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL20 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 23-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
50.8%
466 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at BYU, 44 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
