Mani Powell Season 2025

2025 / AS A SENIOR
• All-Big Ten Third Team (Coaches) and Honorable Mention (Media)
• Started all 12 games
• Totaled a team-high 110 tackles, 12.0 tackles-for-loss, 5.0 sacks, one forced fumble and two passes defended
• Finished tied for third in the Big Ten in total tackles and eighth in TFLs
• Had 94 tackles in conference play to become the first Boilermaker ever to lead the Big Ten in tackling in league games
• Opened his Purdue career with four tackles and a sack vs. Ball State (Aug. 30)
• Broke up a pass and totaled seven tackles and a TFL vs. USC (Sept. 13)
• Had 14 tackles vs. Illinois (Oct. 4)
• Forced a fumble, had 1.5 TFLs and totaled 20 tackles at Northwestern (Oct. 18) to become the first Boilermaker since Willie Fells (vs. Iowa in 1997) to have at least 20 tackles in a game
• Recorded 11 tackles 1.0 TFL, a half-sack and one pass defended vs. Rutgers (Oct. 25)
• Produced a season-high 1.5 sacks at Michigan (Nov. 1)
• Totaled 13 tackles, 1.5 TFLs and 1.0 sacks vs. Ohio State (Nov. 8)
• Had a sack to go with nine tackles at Washington (Nov. 15)

2024 / AS A JUNIOR AT UNLV
• Appeared in all 14 games with seven starts at linebacker for the Rebels
• Had 59 tackles, 9.0 tackles-for-loss, 3.5 sacks and four quarterback hurries
• Recorded a season-high 10 total tackles and added 1.0 tackles-for-loss at Syracuse
• Produced eight tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.0 sacks in a victory vs. Fresno State
• Helped the UNLV defense finish 23rd in the FBS with 115 rushing yards allowed per game
 
2023 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT ARKANSAS
• Appeared in 10 games at linebacker and on special teams
• Made five tackles on the season
• Credited with two tackles vs. BYU
 
2022 / AS A FRESHMAN AT ARKANSAS
• Appeared in 11 games, primarily on special teams
• Did not accumulate any stats
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Fayetteville High School in Arkansas
• Consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports Composite
• Rated the No. 3 prospect in Arkansas and No. 37 linebacker nationally by 247Sports
• Led his team to the state final in his senior season
• Recorded 32 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup in four games before his senior season ended due to injury
• Previously spent time at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio
• Northeast Inland District Defensive Player of the Year as a junior
• First Team All-Ohio his junior season
• Had 81 tackles, 14.0 tackles-for-loss, 4.0 sacks and two forced fumbles in seven games during his junior year
• Also a state-qualifying wrestler and placed third in discus and fifth in shot put at states in track & field