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Joey Porter Jr.

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Joey Porter Jr.

Porter at the 2023 NFL Combine

No. 24 – Pittsburgh Steelers

Position:

Cornerback

Personal information

Born:

July 26, 2000 (age 23)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

194 lb (88 kg)

Career information

High school:

North Allegheny (Wexford, Pennsylvania)

College:

Penn State (2019–2022)

NFL draft:

2023 / Round: 2 / Pick: 32

Career history

Pittsburgh Steelers (2023–present)

Roster status:

Active

Career highlights and awards

PFWA All-Rookie Team (2023)
First-team All-Big Ten (2022)
2× third-team All-Big Ten (2020, 2021)

Career NFL statistics as of 2023

Total tackles:	43
Pass deflections:	10
Interceptions:	1

Player stats at PFR

Joseph Eugene Porter Jr. (born July 26, 2000) is an American football cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college footballatPenn State and was selected by the Steelers in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft. He is the son of the former NFL linebacker Joey Porter, who the Steelers selected in the 1999 NFL draft.

Early life

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Porter Jr. attended North Catholic High SchoolinCranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, before transferring to North Allegheny Senior High SchoolinWexford, Pennsylvania.^[1] He played cornerback and wide receiver in high school. He committed to Penn State to play college football.^[2]

College career

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In his first year at Penn State in 2019, Porter Jr. played in four games and had three tackles. In 2020, he started all eight games recording 33 tackles and one sack.^[3]^[4] In 2021, he started all 13 games and had 50 tackles and one interception.

College statistics

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Season	Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
Season	Solo	Ast	Cmb	TfL	Sck	Int	Yds	Avg	TD	PD	FR	FF	TD
Penn State Nittany Lions
2019	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2020	24	9	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2021	39	11	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0
2022	21	6	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
Career	86	27	113	2	1	1	1	1	0	20	1	0	0

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	Vertical jump	Broad jump	Bench press
6 ft2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	34 in (0.86 m)	10 in (0.25 m)	4.46 s	1.50 s	2.57 s	37.5 in (0.95 m)	10 ft 11 in (3.33 m)	17 reps
^[5]

Porter Jr. was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2023 NFL draft, which was originally obtained from the Chicago Bears in a mid-season trade for Chase Claypool.^[6]