Taylor Powell: QB · Eastern Michigan · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Taylor Powell
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches at three programs in four seasons: Barry Odom, Chip Lindsey and Chris Creighton. On tape: 320 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Louisiana, Week 2, 2022.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
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. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 | 42 |
| 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 | 50 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 44 | −96 | −2.2 | 2 | 17 |
| 2021 | Troy | 19 | −95 | −5.0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | Missouri | 6 | −3 | −0.5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2018 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Career | 70 | −190 | −2.7 | 3 | 17 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| 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 41-27vs San José State | 18/30 | 298 | 2 | 1 | 9.9 | — | |
| Total | 175/270 | 2114 | 16 | 8 | 7.8 | — |
Week 1 · 2022
W 42-34
271 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.6
Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.
With M. Tomasek — 42 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · H. Beydoun — 3 rec · 48 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 262 passing plays (172 completions) against the box score's 270 attempts (175 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.6376 of 206 QBsSack rate
7.2%145 of 206 QBsSacked 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 64.8% completion on 270 attempts · 28 deep completions averaging 30.9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 199 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 255 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 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
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.5%
392 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at Missouri, Troy and Eastern Michigan, 3,796 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Barry Odom, Eli Drinkwitz, Chip Lindsey and Chris Creighton.
