2025 Football Roster

13 Rico Powers

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Savannah, Ga.
  • Highschool Hapeville Charter

Biography

2024 – JACKSON STATE (R-JUNIOR) 

  • Made three appearances in 2024, catching four passes for nine yards, also logging one carry for 17 yards 
  • Also returned punts for the Tigers, returning a career-high two punts against Lane (Sept. 7) for 27 yards
  • Recorded a season-high four receptions for nine yards against ULM (Aug. 29)

2023 – JACKSON STATE (R-SOPHOMORE) 

  • Caught 25 passes for 385 yards, averaging 15.4 yards per reception
  • Hauled in a pair of touchdown receptions and recorded a long reception of 66 yards
  • Recorded a season-high seven receptions for 60 yards against Bethune-Cookman
  • Recorded a season-high 119 yards on four receptions and a touchdown against Florida A&M
  • Also returned kicks for the Tigers

2022 – JACKSON STATE (R-FRESHMAN) 

  • Caught 23 passes for 219 yards and three touchdowns
  • Had a season-high six receptions for 79 yards with one touchdown in SWAC Championship Game vs. Southern
  • Caught 29-yard touchdown reception vs. Florida A&M

2021 – SOUTH CAROLINA (FRESHMAN) 

  • Redshirted in 2021 at South Carolina
  • Saw action against Georgia and Kentucky
  • Caught a pair of passes against the Wildcats for 12 yards
  • Caught two passes in 2020 for 19 yards, both against Florida including a long of 14 yards
  • Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL 

  • Graduated from Hapeville Charter in Atlanta where he played his senior season
  • Led the Hornets to a 10-2-1 record and reached the state AA quarterfinals
  • Attended Benedictine High School in Savannah prior to transferring to Hapeville Charter
  • 2019 Nike The Opening Charlotte Top Performer
  • Was named the Savannah Morning News Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 after leading the Cadets with 1,006 yards rushing, scoring 17 touchdowns and averaging 8.7 yards per carry
  • Named to the 2018 All-Greater Savannah First Team Offense
  • As a sophomore, he had 842 yards rushing and 449 yards receiving with 16 touchdowns
  • Also played basketball and ran track
  • Rivals considered him the 27th-best player in the Peach State, the 43rd-best wide receiver in the country and No. 229 overall
  • Ranked as the 30th-best player in Georgia, the 50th-best wide receiver in the country and No. 302 overall in the 247Sports Composite

PERSONAL 

  • Son of Saquita and Rico Powers Sr.
  • Born on March 26, 2002

CAREER HIGHS
Rushing Yards: 17, vs. Lane (9/7/2024)
Receiving Yards: 119, vs. Florida A&M (9/3/2023)
Longest Reception: 66, vs. Florida A&M (9/3/2023)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, three times, last vs. Southern (9/9/2023)
Longest Kick Return: 29, vs. Bethune-Cookman (9/23/2023)
Longest Punt Return: 19, vs. Lane (9/7/2024)

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