Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009New Mexico
Donovan Porterie
QB • 6'3" • Port Arthur, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Donovan Porterie is a balanced quarterback profile with 24.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Donovan Porterie built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a quarterback from Port Arthur, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Donovan Porterie's career was his passing...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2003
Donovan Porterie, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · New Mexico. Donovan Porterie is a balanced quarterback profile with 24.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,715
- Passing yards
- 6,756
- Touchdowns
- 36
Quick Answers
Donovan Porterie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,715
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2007 Postseason · New Mexico
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Taft
- High school pipeline
- Taft · 7 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Class 2009
- 2009 Total offense rank
- 2,378 total offense · QB 70th (top 26%) · Mountain West 5th (top 5%) · National 71st (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | New Mexico | 8 | 54 | 61 | -7 | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2006 Regular Season | New Mexico | 8 | 892 | 906 | -14 | 6 | 37.1 |
| 2007 Postseason | New Mexico | 13 | 361 | 354 | 7 | 2 | 66.7 |
| 2007 Regular Season | New Mexico | 13 | 2,611 | 2,652 | -41 | 13 | 66.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico | 4 | 419 | 372 | 47 | 1 | 41.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | New Mexico | 12 | 2,378 | 2,411 | -33 | 14 | 66.3 |
Related Context
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Donovan Porterie played QB for New Mexico. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan Porterie recorded 6,756 passing yards, -41 rushing yards, and 28 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2007 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Postseason
New Mexico paired 2,972 primary output with 55.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 48.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Loss with 236 yards of offense and 60.4 efficiency. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
198.2
Efficiency
48.9
Usage
24.5
Consistency
81.7
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 180. Tulsa: 84. Air Force: 34. New Mexico State: 213. Texas Tech: 326. Wyoming: 219. UNLV: 236. San Diego State: 268. Utah: 179. BYU: 258. Colorado State: 214. TCU: 167
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 49 by 54.1. Tulsa: 30 by 42.1. Air Force: 11 by 36.7. New Mexico State: 31 by 56.9. Texas Tech: 63 by 53.7. Wyoming: 47 by 49.4. UNLV: 42 by 60.4. San Diego State: 60 by 49.1. Utah: 36 by 42.6. BYU: 55 by 53.8. Colorado State: 44 by 51.6. TCU: 50 by 37
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins214 · Games = 1 · +17.3 vs Losses
Losses196.7 · Games = 11 · -17.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
60.4 vs UNLV
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ TCU | L 10-51 | 20 | 43 | 162 | 46.5 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0.70 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Colorado State | W 29-27 | 22 | 37 | 197 | 59.5 | 2 | 2 | 51.6 | 7 | 17 | 2.40 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs BYU3+ TD | L 19-24 | 28 | 44 | 272 | 63.6 | 2 | 0 | 53.8 | 11 | -14 | -1.30 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Utah | L 14-45 | 15 | 32 | 186 | 46.9 | 1 | 2 | 42.6 | 4 | -7 | -1.80 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ San Diego State | L 20-23 | 27 | 52 | 277 | 51.9 | 1 | 0 | 49.1 | 8 | -9 | -1.10 | 1 | 8 |
| Sun 10/25 | vs UNLV | L 17-34 | 20 | 30 | 219 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 60.4 | 12 | 17 | 1.40 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Wyoming | L 13-37 | 26 | 40 | 252 | 65.0 | 1 | 2 | 49.4 | 7 | -33 | -4.70 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Texas Tech300-yard game | L 28-48 | 30 | 56 | 316 | 53.6 | 2 | 0 | 53.7 | 7 | 10 | 1.40 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 9/27 | vs New Mexico State | L 17-20 | 16 | 28 | 206 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 56.9 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Air Force | L 13-37 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 36.7 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 9/13 | vs Tulsa | L 10-44 | 12 | 22 | 85 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 42.1 | 8 | -1 | -0.10 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Texas A&M | L 6-41 | 29 | 40 | 210 | 72.5 | 0 | 0 | 54.1 | 9 | -30 | -3.30 | 0 | 3 |
Player Story
Donovan Porterie story
Donovan Porterie built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a quarterback from Port Arthur, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Donovan Porterie's career was his passing role: 6,756 passing yards, 33 touchdown passes, and 1,058 attempts across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with New Mexico. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 28 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.
The arc is straightforward: Donovan Porterie moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
New Mexico
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200620062007200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | New Mexico | 946 | 60.2 | 11.6 | — |
| 2006 Regular Season | New Mexico | 946 | 60.2 | 11.6 | 0 |
| 2007 Postseason | New Mexico | 2,972 | 55.5 | 13.2 | 2,026 |
| 2007 Regular Season | New Mexico | 2,972 | 55.5 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico | 419 | 50.1 | 15.1 | -2,553 |
| 2009 Regular Season | New Mexico | 2,378 | 48.9 | 24.5 | 1,959 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 8 · L 17-34 · Conference game
Loss with 236 yards of offense and 60.4 efficiency.
236
Total Offense
77.6 takeover
236 total offense with 60.4 efficiency.
#2
vs Texas A&M
Week 2 · L 22-28
199
Total Offense
67.4 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
199 total offense with 60.2 efficiency.
#3
vs BYU
Week 11 · L 19-24 · Conference game
258
Total Offense
67 takeover
Loss with 258 yards of offense and 53.8 efficiency.
258 total offense with 53.8 efficiency.
#4
@ Texas Tech
Week 5 · L 28-48
326
Total Offense
66 takeover
Loss with 326 yards of offense and 53.7 efficiency.
326 total offense with 53.7 efficiency.
#5
@ Texas A&M
Week 1 · L 6-41
180
Total Offense
65.4 takeover
Loss with 180 yards of offense and 54.1 efficiency.
180 total offense with 54.1 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Postseason · New Mexico
2,972 primary output · 55.5 efficiency · 13.2 usage
66.7
#2
2007 Regular Season · New Mexico
66.7
2,972 primary · 55.5 efficiency · 13.2 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · New Mexico
66.3
2,378 primary · 48.9 efficiency · 24.5 usage
Milestones
8
250+ passing yards
5
300+ total offense
3
3+ TD games
9
Above avg efficiency
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