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On Powell: Second-year end who will work behind senior Kevin Eli in 2004 ... has good size and moves very well ... showed the ability to get to the quarterback in the spring.
2003 (Freshman): Redshirt season.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Lloyd C. Bird High School in Richmond, Va. ... three-year starter at defensive end ... played on teams that posted 10 wins each of his last three seasons, including a 27-1 district record .... as a senior in 2002, he recorded 10.5 quarterback sacks, 38 pressures and more than 100 total tackles ... voted second team all-state by Associated Press and the coaches' association of Virginia ... in addition, he was named first team all-region, first team all-district, first team all-metro ... named his team's defensive Most Valuable Player ... L.C. Bird went 10-2, won the Dominion District championship and was runner-up of the Central Region (Div. 6) ... Bird went 10-1 and won the Dominion District championship in 2001 and was 10-2 and district champion in 2000 ... set the school record in the shot put as a junior ... also considered offers from North Carolina, East Carolina and Marshall, among others ... first high school coach at L.C. Bird High School was Terp offensive line coach Tom Brattan ... high school coach was David Bedwell.
Personal: Patrick Powell is the son of John and Marion Powell ... enrolled in the college of letters and sciences.
