Professional Career
After Powlus received his undergraduate degree from the Notre Dame College of Business Administration in 1997, he signed as a free agent in 1998 with the Tennessee Oilers of the National Football League and then was on the Detroit Lions' preseason roster in 1999 and the Philadelphia Eagles' roster in 2000. He played with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in the spring of 2000.
He also spent two years as executive assistant to the Democratic Policy Committee of the Pennsylvania State Senate where he worked alongside another former Northeastern Pennsylvania sports hero, Bishop Hannan sharpshooter TJ McNulty. He was later employed in the banking and pharmaceutical industries.
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