Taylor Powell

Senior quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 2,114 passing yards, 16 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 208 lb · Fayetteville, AR

CFB Index 40 · #86 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceEastern Michigan 2022 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 2,114 passing yards, 16 TD, 8 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 3,796 passing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2019

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

2021–2022

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Missouri8-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Missouri6-6HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Rotational starter #86 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (80th percentile). Concern: rush yards (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#34 / 169 · 80th pct

50.5%

EPA / dropback#46 / 169 · 73rd pct

0.33

Explosive rate#78 / 169 · 54th pct

10.2%

Interception rate#105 / 169 · 38th pct

2.5%

Sack rate#115 / 169 · 32nd pct

7.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#40 / 177 · 77th pct

64.8%

Fumbles lost#27 / 169 · 68th pct

Yards / att#61 / 177 · 65th pct

7.8

Pass TDs#71 / 177 · 60th pct

Pass yards#81 / 177 · 55th pct

2114

Rush TDs#84 / 177 · 45th pct

Interceptions#114 / 177 · 31st pct

Rush yards#167 / 177 · 6th pct

-96

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

43rd → 73rd percentile

Success rate

37th → 80th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 54th percentile

Sack rate

46th → 32nd percentile

Interception rate

74th → 38th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

172/262 (65.6%) · 16 TD · 8 INT

262 of 270 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.6376 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

7.2%145 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 7.2% of dropbacks (145 of 206) — and still 76 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

52%of completions

90 comp5.5 yds avg4 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

31%of completions

54 comp13.3 yds avg4 TD

Deep

20+ yds

16%of completions

28 comp30.9 yds avg6 TD

Overall 65.6% completion on 262 attempts · 28 deep completions averaging 30.9 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	199	1.8	7.2	0.8
Road5g	264	1.8	8.1	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	245	1.7	8.4	1.2
Weeks 8+3g	214	2.0	6.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #86 of 140 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Eastern Michigan	175	270	64.8%	2,114	7.8	16	8	144.2	59	--	--
2021	Troy	125	189	66.1%	1,251	6.6	7	6	127.6	38	--	--
2019	Missouri	29	62	46.8%	297	4.8	1	2	85.9	--	--	--
2018	Missouri	6	14	42.9%	134	9.6	0	0	123.3	--	--	--
Career		335	535	62.6%	3,796	7.1	24	16	131.0	51	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Eastern Michigan	44	-96	-2.2	2	--
2021	Troy	19	-95	-5.0	1	--
2019	Missouri	6	-3	-0.5	0	--
2018	Missouri	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		70	-190	-2.7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 42–34

vs Eastern Kentucky

271 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.6 · 5 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With M. Tomasek — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG · H. Beydoun — 3 rec · 48 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Andreas Paaske 75 Yd pass from Taylor Powell (Jesus Gomez Kick)
Week 1 · San José State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA -4.30Taylor Powell pass intercepted, touchback. Michael Dansby return for no gain
Week 1 · San José State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.17Taylor Powell pass complete to Dylan Drummond for 58 yds to the SJSt 11 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 19 yds to the SJSt 31 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Central Michigan · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Taylor Powell pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 18 yds to the CMich 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Taylor Powell pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 45 yds to the EMich 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Toledo · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.39Taylor Powell pass complete to Hassan Beydoun for 19 yds to the Toled 42 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Taylor Powell pass complete to Jaylon Jackson for 42 yds to the NoIll 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Kentucky · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.10Taylor Powell pass complete to Hassan Beydoun for 22 yds for a TD, (Jesus Gomez KICK)
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Taylor Powell pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 38 yds for a TD, (Jesus Gomez KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 42-34vs Eastern Kentucky	21/30	271	3	1	9.0	39.6	3 TD passes
Wk 2	L 21-49@ Louisiana	32/51	320	1	3	6.3	55.2	Season-high 320 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 3	W 30-21@ Arizona State	10/14	93	0	1	6.6	—
Wk 6	W 45-23@ Western Michigan	20/30	293	3	0	9.8	83.2	3 TD passes
Wk 7	L 10-39vs Northern Illinois	11/23	197	1	1	8.6	2.8
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Toledo	9/17	61	0	1	3.6	16.3
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Kent State	30/39	315	3	0	8.1	81.2	3 TD passes
Wk 13	W 38-19vs Central Michigan	24/36	266	3	0	7.4	83.0	3 TD passes
Bowl	W 41-27@ San José State	18/30	298	2	1	9.9	—
Total		175/270	2114	16	8	7.7	51.6

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

54.8%Completion %

17.6%Conversion/dropback

64.7%Land short of sticks

0INTs

54.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 17.6% conversion-per-dropback — 64.7% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design