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2025 Football Roster

13 Joshua Powell

  • Position Defensive Lineman
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 250
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • Previous School St. Christopher School
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Played in all 10 games, making four starts …Posted 22 tackles, 3.5 for a loss and two sacks … Made four tackles, including a sack, and rushed for 28 yards on a fake punt in win at Brown … Registered a sack and four tackles at Harvard … Had four tackles in win over No. 18 Lafayette.

2023: Appeared in all 10 games for the Lions as a sophomore defensive lineman … Registered 11 total tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack as a sophomore … Tallied a season high three tackles in the game against Marist (Oct. 7) … Recorded tackles for loss in games against Marist, Yale and Brown … Totaled two tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack in the game against Yale (Oct. 28) … Contributed to the defensive unit that ranked 10th in the nation in scoring defense at the end of the season.

2022: Played in all 10 games for the Lions as a first-year defensive lineman … Recorded 10 tackles, two tackles for loss and one fumble recovery in his first season at Columbia … Had one tackle and two QBH in his college debut at Marist (Sept. 17) … Had two tackles and two tackles for loss in the season finale against Cornell (Nov. 19) … Recorded a tackle and a fumble recovery against Dartmouth (Oct. 22).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2022 graduate of St. Christopher School in Richmond, Va., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Lance Clelland … Earned Class 4A First Team All-State honors as a quarterback … Named to the First Team All-Prep League team … Saw action as a quarterback and outside linebacker … Threw for 1,800 yards and 26 touchdowns and ran for 300 yards and five touchdowns as a senior quarterback … Led the Saints to an 10-1 record and undefeated 5-0 conference record … Won 10 straight games before dropping a playoff contest 28-14 to Benedictine … Threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 60 yards vs. the No. 2 ranked team in the state … Played just three games a junior in 2020 … Led the Saints to the 2019 Class 4A North Carolina state championship … Also competed on the wrestling team … Competed at 220 pounds … Served as team captain of the wrestling team … Earned National Prep All-America honors at the 220-pound weight class after finishing in seventh place with a 27-5 at nationals …. Won the 2022 VISAA state championship at the 220-pound weight class … Earned Richmond Times-Dispatch First Team All-Area honors in wrestling … Led the Saints to the 2022 Class 4A North Carolina state championship.
 
PERSONAL: Father played football at Emory & Henry…Brother Tyler played football at North Carolina...Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2022First Year

    Defensive Lineman
    6'3" 230 lbs
    42
  • 13

    2023Sophomore

    Defensive Lineman
    6'3" 240 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'3" 245 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'3" 250 lbs
    13