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Profiles in Badassery: Steve Powell

Today, cancer took another. Steve Powell, an Indiana native and former Boilermaker passed away from Brain Cancer.

Steve, who played for Jim Colletto at Purdue from 1993-1994, passed away this morning. Powell was a tight end who eventually played offensive line as well. While there has not been a ton of information released on Steve and it has been hard to find information on him, Steve was a great man from what we have learned from a family friend.

Steve has 3 children. The Tipton, Indiana resident, leaves his wife, Shelly and three kids. According to his Twitter, Steve was a professional pedicab driver.