Countdown to 2020 IUFB Kickoff: 72 Days (Dylan Powell)

Written by Andrew Walker

We are 72 days away from the scheduled kickoff of the 2020 Indiana football season. Some Hoosier football players are back in Bloomington. The athletic department has tested 187 athletes and staff from men’s and women’s basketball as well as football and NO ONE tested positive as of June 23rd. Today’s feature player is graduate transfer Dylan Powell who will be a major factor along the offensive line.

Name – Dylan Powell

Position – Offensive Line

Hometown – Redshirt Senior from Hannibal, MO

Height – 6’3”

Weight – 300 pounds 

Dylan Powell transferred to Indiana from Stanford University as an offensive lineman. Powell missed the 2019 season due to a medical redshirt. Powell came to the Hoosiers as an All-Academic Second Teamer from the Pac-12. Playing in 11 games and starting in three of them, Powell was awarded a sixth year of eligibility in June of 2020, meaning that he can stay with Indiana Football for two seasons. Powell, after being sidelined with a shoulder injury, said he was ready to start getting back into the swing of things. “I’m going to have to knock some rust off, but hopefully I’ll start lifting with my right arm here soon,” Powell said back in February. 

As the offseason progresses, Powell will start to find his way and exactly what position on the OL he’d be best suited to play. “I would say right guard right now…I mean we’re not sure exactly what I’ll be able to do in spring ball yet, so we’re still trying to work through that,” mentioned the Redshirt Senior when asked about his preferred position. Powell is certain though, that regardless of position, he’ll be able to play it to the best of his ability. 

The 300-pound offensive lineman was quite the decorated player in high school. Leaving Hannibal HS in 2015, he was a two-time all-state selection, and a four-time all-district and all-conference member. Even as the no. 11 ranked prospect in Missouri, Powell was still a four year letter-winner for his track and field team, and the basketball team, for which he left as the career rebounding leader.