Running back, Louisville, 2007–⁠10

Bilal Powell

Number: No. 15
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Lakeland, FL
Born: Oct 27, 1988

Bilal Powell played running back at Louisville (2007–⁠10). The New York Jets took Powell in round 4, No. 126 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1,405; Rushing yards, 2010 (Louisville, 7–⁠6)
Best game: 209 yards; Vs. Cincinnati, week 7, 2010: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 126; Round 4, 2011 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

209rushing yards, career highvs. Cincinnati, 2010 2rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Cincinnati, 2010 2receiving touchdowns, career highat Rutgers, 2010

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

187

354

392

1,405

6–⁠65–⁠74–⁠87–⁠6

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2007*	Louisville	24	187	7.8	2	33
2008*	Louisville	75	354	4.7	2	52
2009	Louisville	108	392	3.6	4	29
2010	Louisville	229	1,405	6.1	11	85
Career		436	2,338	5.4	19	85

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2007*	Louisville	3	25	8.3	0	10
2008*	Louisville	12	58	4.8	0	15
2009	Louisville	12	103	8.6	0	21
2010	Louisville	18	158	8.8	3	57
Career		45	344	7.6	3	57

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	Louisville	15	RB
2008	Louisville	15	RB
2009	Louisville	15	RB
2010	Louisville	15	RB	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Louisville 12 games, 1,405 rushing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 4	vs.Kentucky	L 16–⁠23	16	153	1	80	1	6
Sep 11	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 23–⁠13	16	92	2	22	1	4
Sep 18	atOregon State	L 28–⁠35	20	83	1	12	2	21
Oct 2	atArkansas State	W 34–⁠24	21	157	1	47	2	65
Oct 9	vs.Memphis	W 56–⁠0	18	204	2	74	–	–
Oct 15	vs.Cincinnati	L 27–⁠35	24	209	2	85	2	13
Oct 23	vs.UConn	W 26–⁠0	27	105	0	15	2	5
Oct 30	atPittsburgh	L 3–⁠20	11	64	0	21	2	4
Nov 13	vs.South Florida	L 21–⁠24	31	140	0	21	2	2
Nov 20	vs.West Virginia	L 10–⁠17	4	0	0	2	–	–
Nov 26	atRutgers	W 40–⁠13	23	123	1	15	2	28
Dec 21 ✦	vs.Southern Miss	W 31–⁠28	18	75	1	28	2	10

2009 Louisville 11 games, 392 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 5	vs.Indiana State	W 30–⁠10	15	76	1	28	1	6
Sep 19	atKentucky	L 27–⁠31	12	2	0	7	2	21
Sep 26	atUtah	L 14–⁠30	10	25	0	6	1	4
Oct 2	vs.Pittsburgh	L 10–⁠35	5	27	0	13	1	9
Oct 10	vs.Southern Miss	W 25–⁠23	10	58	1	14	–	–
Oct 17	atUConn	L 25–⁠38	29	87	2	20	3	15
Oct 24	atCincinnati	L 10–⁠41	1	−1	0	0	–	–
Oct 31	vs.Arkansas State	W 21–⁠13	17	93	0	29	2	31
Nov 7	atWest Virginia	L 9–⁠17	1	5	0	5	–	–
Nov 21	atSouth Florida	L 22–⁠34	7	22	0	10	2	17
Nov 27	vs.Rutgers	L 14–⁠34	1	−2	0	0	–	–

2008 Louisville 11 games, 354 rushing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 31	vs.Kentucky	L 2–⁠27	6	16	0	12	3	−2
Sep 6	vs.Tennessee Tech	W 51–⁠10	12	59	0	11	–	–
Sep 17	vs.Kansas State	W 38–⁠29	8	22	0	9	–	–
Sep 26	vs.UConn	L 21–⁠26	11	112	1	52	–	–
Oct 10	atMemphis	W 35–⁠28	1	0	0	0	1	7
Oct 25	vs.South Florida	W 24–⁠20	5	6	0	3	3	30
Nov 1	atSyracuse	L 21–⁠28	4	8	0	5	3	18
Nov 8	atPittsburgh	L 7–⁠41	2	15	0	12	1	2
Nov 14	vs.Cincinnati	L 20–⁠28	11	39	0	12	–	–
Nov 22	vs.West Virginia	L 21–⁠35	13	77	1	14	1	3
Dec 4	atRutgers	L 14–⁠63	2	0	0	0	–	–

2007 Louisville 4 games, 187 rushing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Oct 5	vs.Utah	L 35–⁠44	1	1	0	1	–	–
Oct 27	vs.Pittsburgh	W 24–⁠17	4	25	0	9	1	10
Nov 17	atSouth Florida	L 17–⁠55	6	70	1	33	2	15
Nov 29	vs.Rutgers	W 41–⁠38	13	91	1	30	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011	Combine or pro day 2011
Height	5′10½″
Weight	207 lb
Arm length	30⅞″
Hand size	8¾″
Wingspan		72⅜″^W
40-yard dash		4.52 s
10-yard split		1.53 s^W
Bench press	18 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 108 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	TD	Rec	Rec yds
2011	New York Jets	2	13	21	0	1	7
2012	New York Jets	14	110	437	4	17	140
2013	New York Jets	16	176	697	1	36	272
2014	New York Jets	15	33	141	1	11	92
2015	New York Jets	11	70	313	1	47	388
2016	New York Jets	16	131	722	3	58	388
2017	New York Jets	15	178	772	5	23	170
2018	New York Jets	7	80	343	0	11	110
2019	New York Jets	12	59	229	0	7	33
NFL career		108	850	3,675	15	211	1,600

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs