Colorado State University Athletics

2025 Football Roster

Powell, Whitefield
Jersey Number 53

Whitefield Powell

  • Position:
    Outside Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    230
  • Class:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Austin, Texas
  • High School:
    Regents School of Austin
at Colorado State
Redshirt Freshman, 2024 (0/0):
• Appeared in one game - season opener at Texas

Freshman, 2023 (0/0):
• Redshirted

Personal/High School
• Played for coach Tim Phillips
• A two-sport letterwinner, including track
• First team All-State as a junior and a senior
• Had 22 sacks in his career, with 36 TFLs and 137 total tackles
• As a senior, had 13.5 sacks, six of which were strip sacks, and 16 TFLs
• Holds school records in 40- and 100-yard dashes and high jump
• Parents are Hunter and Laura
• Has two siblings, Hudson and Kate
• Both parents were collegiate athletes; father a swimmer at Penn, mother in track at Liberty
Colorado State Football: Jay Norvell Weekly Press Conference - Week 4 (2025)
Monday, September 22
Colorado State Football: Long (L) and Brousseau (R) Postgame (Northern Colorado, 2025)
Sunday, September 21
Colorado State Football: Jay Norvell Post-Game (UTSA, 2025)
Sunday, September 21
Colorado State Football: Jay Norvell Weekly Press Conference - Week 3 (2025)
Monday, September 15