Monmouth University Athletics

2018 (Senior):

• Started five games at tight end
• First Team All-Big South selection
• Totaled 15 receptions on the season
• Amassed 165 receiving yards
• Caught two touchdown passes
• Made five catches for 66 yards and two touchdowns against Hampton (9/8)
• Had six grabs for 66 yards at Lafayette (9/15)

2017 (Junior):

• Started every game at tight end
• First Team All-Big South selection
• Second Team All-ECAC selection
• Finished first in the Big South among tight ends in every category, including receptions, yards and touchdowns
• Finished third on the team in receptions (23) and yards (330)
• Was second on the team with three receiving touchdowns
• Had a career-high 85 yards on four receptions against Bucknell (9/30)
• Had four catches for 46 yards against Lafayette (9/2)
• Recorded three grabs for 63 yards with a long of 44 against Kennesaw State (11/18)

2016 (Sophomore):

• Played in nine games, including three starts at tight end
• Made 16 catches for 146 yards (8.7 avg.) and scored one touchdown
• Scored his first-career touchdown on a 7-yard reception at No. 18 Coastal Carolina (11/5)
• Caught a career-best five passes for 32 yards at Gardner-Webb (11/19)
• Career-long reception of 24 yards came at Lehigh (9/3)
• Caught three passes for 32 yards against Charleston Southern (9/24)
• Earned his first-career start and caught one pass for 12 yards at Presbyterian (10/13)
• Made three receptions for 24 yards opposite Kennesaw State (10/29)

2015 (Freshman): Sat out due to NCAA Transfer rules

HIGH SCHOOL

• Three-year starter at tight end and defensive end in football for head coach P.J. Mehigan at Cherokee High School
• Earned second team All-State, first team All-State Group V, first team All-South Jersey, first team all-county, and first team all-conference in 2013
• Also earned first team all-county and all-conference honors as a junior in 2012 named a county Academic Scholar-Athlete twice
• Football team went 32-10 over four years, including a 11-1 mark in 2013 when the team captured the state title
• Caught 78 passes for 1,143 yards and 12 touchdowns over his final three seasons
• Fourth all-time leading receiver in Cherokee history and record-holder among tight ends
• Ranked among the Top 20 receiving leaders in South Jersey in 2012 (35-440-5 TDs) and 2013 (27-496-6 TDs)
• Two-time football captain
• Three year starter in both basketball and baseball, where he captained both teams

PERSONAL

• Son of Todd and Charlene Powell
• Younger brother Evan plays linebacker for the Hawks
• Father and brother Tyler played baseball at Delaware
• Grandfather, Thomas J. Powell, Jr., played college football at Colgate
• Major is business management
• Currently enrolled in Monmouth's five year combined MBA program