Defensive back, Sam Houston (from NC State, Troy), 2019–25
Cecil Powell
Lettered 2019–23 at NC State (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Deerfield Beach, FL
Cecil Powell played defensive back at NC State (2019–23), Troy (2024) and Sam Houston (2025).
Career highs
8tackles, career highvs. North Carolina, 2019Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NC State | 18 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | NC State | 47 | 32 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | NC State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Troy | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 42 | 34 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Career | 136 | 87 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NC State | 2 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | NC State | 2 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | NC State | 2 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | NC State | 2 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | NC State | 2 | DB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Troy | 2 | DB | Yr 6 | ||
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 2 | DB | Sr. (Yr 7) | 6′0″ | 205 |
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
2025 Sam Houston 10 games, 42 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | at Western Kentucky | L 24–41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 29 | vs. UNLV | L 21–38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at Hawai’i | L 20–37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 2 | at New Mexico State | L 10–37 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Jacksonville State | L 27–29 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. UTEP | L 17–35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Oregon State | W 21–17 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Delaware | W 26–23 | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Middle Tennessee | L 17–31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Florida International | L 16–56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Troy 9 games, 24 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Nevada | L 26–28 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Memphis | L 17–38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Iowa | L 21–38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Florida A&M | W 34–12 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. UL Monroe | L 9–13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Texas State | L 17–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Arkansas State | L 31–34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Coastal Carolina | W 38–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Louisiana | L 30–51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 NC State 4 games, 5 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs. VMI | W 45–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Marshall | W 48–41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Wake Forest | W 26–6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Virginia Tech | W 35–28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 NC State 11 games, 47 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs.Wake Forest | W 45–42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | atVirginia Tech | L 24–45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at Pittsburgh | W 30–29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 10 | at Virginia | W 38–21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Duke | W 31–20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | at North Carolina | L 21–48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | vs. Miami | L 41–44 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Florida State | W 38–22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Liberty | W 15–14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | at Syracuse | W 36–29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Kentucky | L 21–23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019 NC State 7 games, 18 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. Western Carolina | W 41–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Ball State | W 34–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | atFlorida State | L 13–31 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 2 | atWake Forest | L 10–44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Clemson | L 10–55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Georgia Tech | L 26–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.North Carolina | L 10–41 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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