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#20 J.P. Powell

J.P. Powell - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Sophomore
Height 5-10
Weight 200
Hometown Colquitt, Ga.
Last School Miller County H.S.
Major Business Administration
Year Freshman
J.P. Powell - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2025 (True Freshman): Saw action in 12 games as a true freshman, serving as a reserve running back and on special teams … Ran five times for 72 yards and a touchdown on the season … Made his first collegiate carries and scored his first touchdown against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 6), rushing four times for 11 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown … Only other carry was a 61-yarder — Georgia Tech’s longest rush of the season — against Temple (Sept. 20) … Made two tackles on special teams — one in a win over No. 12 Clemson (Sept. 13) and one against Virginia Tech (Oct. 11).

High School: Rated as a four-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … Rated by ESPN as the 18th-best athlete in the class … Four-year letterwinner at Miller County, serving the last three seasons as a captain … Also lettered in basketball (three years), baseball (three years) and track (three years) serving as a team captain in both basketball and track for each of the last two years … Named Region Player of the Year as a senior in 2024 after rushing for over 1,000 yards and 25 touchdowns … Named all-state as a junior in 2023 and region Athlete of the Year as a sophomore in 2022 … Four-time all-region … Coached by Tom Causey … Versatile athlete also a standout in basketball and track … Named all-region in basketball in all three seasons to-date … 100m state champion in 2022 and runner up in 2023 in track.

Personal: Father, Major Powell, played football at Savannah State … Majoring in business administration with hopes of running his own training facility or even coaching after his playing career.

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