Personal: Post-Training Camp 2007 Update: Powell returns as Purdue's starting center.
2006: Received team's Pit Bull Award - Offense (exemplified and sustained tenacity and intense play) for spring season ... started all 14 games at center ... part of offensive line that helped Purdue lead Big Ten and rank 13th nationally in total offense at 415.7 yards per game ... Boilermakers were stopped behind line of scrimmage just 50 times out of 941 plays (once every 18.8 plays) ... average of 3.57 tackles for loss allowed per game led nation ... line surrendered merely 20 sacks (third-fewest in Big Ten) in 541 passing attempts (one every 27.1 attempts).
2005: Started all 11 games at left guard ... part of offensive line that allowed merely nine sacks out of 428 passing attempts (one every 47.6 passes) ... nine sacks allowed are fewest by a Joe Tiller-coached Purdue team.
2004: Received team's Newcomer Award - Offense for spring season ... appeared in three games as reserve ... played vs. Syracuse on Sept. 5, vs. Ball State on Sept. 11 and vs. Indiana on Nov. 20.
2003: Did not play.
Fork Union: Came to Purdue from Fork Union Military Academy ... played center, offensive tackle and defensive end ... two-way all-district selection ... coach was John Shuman.
High School: Attended Cave Spring High School ... honorable mention all-state as senior offensive tackle ... all-district offensive tackle and defensive end ... played on offensive line only as senior ... coach was Ben Foutz ... also participated in basketball and track and field.
Personal: Given name is Robert Thompson Powell III ... born Aug. 21, 1984 ... organizational leadership and supervision major ... enjoys fishing, reading, playing video games and working out ... father, Bob, played football at Ferrum College.
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