| Taylor Powell | |
| Team: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| Status: | Active |
| Import: | yes |
| Position1: | Quarterback |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Number: | 0 |
| College: | Eastern Michigan (2022) Troy (2021) Missouri (2017–2019) |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 207 |
| Playing Years1: | –present |
| Playing Team1: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Cfl: | taylor-powell/168064/ |
Taylor Wilson Powell (born October 21, 1998) is an American professional football quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
After using a redshirt season in 2017, Powell played college football for the Missouri Tigers from 2018 to 2019 where he played in 15 games over three seasons, where he completed 35 of 76 pass attempts (46%) for 431 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.[1] [2] He then sat out the 2020 season and transferred to Troy University where he played for the Trojans in 2021. That season, he played in six games, starting in five, where he completed 125 of 189 pass attempts (66.1%) for 1,251 yards with seven touchdowns and six interceptions before sitting out the rest of the season due to injury.[1] [3]
Powell then transferred again to Eastern Michigan University to play for the Eagles in 2022.[3] In his final year of eligibility, he completed 174 of 269 pass attempts (64.6%) for 2,111 yards with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions.[1]
On May 17, 2023, Powell signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[1] [4] He made the team's active roster as the third string quarterback following 2023 training camp and dressed in his first professional game on June 9, 2023, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[5] Following an injury to incumbent starter, Bo Levi Mitchell, in the second game of the season, Powell was elevated to the backup role behind Matthew Shiltz.[5] However, Shiltz also suffered an injury in the fifth game of the season and Powell was pressed into his first game action on July 13, 2023. On his first pass attempt, he threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Tim White.[6] He finished the game having completed two of four passes for 47 yards and one touchdown.[6]
On July 17, 2023, head coach Orlondo Steinauer announced Powell as the starting quarterback for the game against the Toronto Argonauts on July 21, 2023.[7]
Powell was born to parents Mark and Elizabeth Powell.[3] He has one sister, Kailey.[3]