Powell To Play for Calgary Stampeders

Former Vineland High School (VHS) football star Tyreem Powell recently signed a contract to play for the Calgary Stampeders, a professional football team based in Calgary, Alberta, which competes in the Canadian Football League. The Stampeders, founded in 1945, are an icon of Canadian football; they won eight Grey Cup league championships and dozens of division ones.

Powel, 24, attended training camp with the New Orleans Saints of the NFL in 2025, but was waived before the start of the regular-season. The six-foot-four, 249-pound athlete, played collegiately as a linebacker at Rutgers University, where he made 201 total tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 10 pass knockdowns, five sacks, two forced fumbles, and one interception over 43 games.

At Vineland High, he was a multi-position player. As quarterback, he passed for 868 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing for 454 yards and five touchdowns. Powell contributed 60 tackles and two interceptions as a linebacker on defense. He earned All-South Jersey honors from the Philadelphia Inquirer twice and was selected to the 2019 Jersey Sports Zone All-Zone Team as a linebacker. Powell was a First Team All-South Jersey selection for the Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club and The Press of Atlantic City granted him First Team All-Star honors on defense.