CAREER:

A redshirt junior BUCK linebacker who has 25 career appearances and 13 starts for Florida…Has collected 57 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 7.0 sacks, two pass breakups and a forced fumble…Tore his ACL during the 2012 spring game and missed the entire 2012 season.

2012:

Sat out the 2012 season after suffering an injury and earned a medical redshirt.

2011:

Started 12 games for the Gators, missing the game at Auburn due to injury…Fourth at UF with 9.0 TFL (58 yards), with a team-high 6.0 sacks…Recorded 32 tackles, three QB hurries and a forced fumble during the season…Phil Steele’s Preseason All-SEC Third Team (DE)…Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC Third Team (DL)…Had two tackles, including a 7-yard sack, against Ohio State in the Gator Bowl…Notched five tackles, 2.0 TFL for 18 yards, and forced his first career fumble vs. Florida State…Notched four tackles, one for loss, at South Carolina…Had three tackles, two TFL and a 10-yard sack vs. Vanderbilt…Recorded three tackles and 5-yard sack vs. Georgia…Notched four tackles and a QB hurry vs. Alabama…Had two tackles, assisting on a 1-yard sack at Kentucky…Notched two tackles vs. Tennessee, with two QB hurries and a 5-yard assisted sack…Had two solo tackles vs. UAB…Recorded three tackles, including a 7-yard sack, vs. FAU.

2010:

Appeared in all 13 games and drew one start (Appalachian State) at the strongside linebacker position…Selected to the Freshman All-SEC Team…One of six true freshmen to play in every game in 2010…Contributed on Florida’s special teams on the kickoff, kickoff return and punt block units…Made 25 tackles…Credited with one tackle and a pass break up vs. Penn State in the 2011 Outback Bowl…Collected two tackles at Florida State…Made his first career start vs. Appalachian State and led the Gators with nine tackles (six solo) and a TFL…Recorded two tackles and his first kickoff return for 20 yards vs. South Carolina while also delivering a key block to help spring Andre Debose on his game-opening 99-yard kickoff return touchdown…Contributed two tackles and a pass breakup in Florida’s defeat of Vanderbilt…Had a career-high three tackles in UF’s win over Georgia…Contributed two tackles in Florida’s game vs. Mississippi State…Recorded his first-career sack for a loss of four yards  and one tackle vs. Tennessee.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:

Ranked a five-star prospect, the No. 1 defensive end and the No. 1 overall prospect by Rivals.com…Totaled 60 tackles and 13 sacks on defense and six touchdown receptions as a tight end during his junior season…Named a 2010 Parade High School All-American…Participated in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl…Selected to the 2009 EA Sports All-America first-team defense…Rated No. 11 on the Top 150 Dream Team by PrepStar Magazine…Totaled over 80 tackles, 13 sacks, 28 TFL on defense and averaged over 15 yards per catch on offense during his senior year…Nominated for U.S. Army Player of the Year Award…Clocked as low as 4.5 in the 40-yard dash…Chose Florida over Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Tennessee, UCLA and USC…Coached by Pete Duffy.

POWELL’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles: 9 (Appalachian State, 2010)

QB Sacks: 1 (6x, last Ohio State, 2011)

Forced Fumbles: 1 (Florida State, 2011)

Interceptions: None

CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS