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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Penn State
Joey Porter Jr.
CB • 6'2" • 198 lbs • Bakersfield, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joey Porter Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Joey Porter Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a cornerback from Bakersfield, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Joey Porter Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 32
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Joey Porter Jr., CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Penn State. Joey Porter Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 115
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 17
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Joey Porter Jr. Penn State Highlights
2022 · Penn State · Player Highlight
Joey Porter Jr. college highlights at Penn State.
- Season
- 2022
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Joey Porter Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 115
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · North Allegheny · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- North Allegheny · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 2 · Pick 1 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · CB 113th (top 30%) · Big Ten 152nd (top 25%) · National 1,483rd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 8.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 8 | 34 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 50.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 49 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 27 | - | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 38.9 |
Related Context
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Joey Porter Jr. played CB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joey Porter Jr. recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Penn State paired 7 primary output with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
20.3
Usage
2.7
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 3. Ohio: 0. Auburn: 0. Central Michigan: 3. Northwestern: 1. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 2. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 8 by 63.3. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 5 by 50.8. Northwestern: 1 by 14.2. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Minnesota: 0 by 20. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Michigan State | W 35-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Indiana | W 45-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Ohio State | L 31-44 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | W 45-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Michigan | L 17-41 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Northwestern | W 17-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Central MichiganSplash game | W 33-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Auburn | W 41-12 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Ohio | W 46-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 35-31 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
Player Story
Joey Porter Jr. story
Joey Porter Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a cornerback from Bakersfield, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Joey Porter Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 115 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Joey Porter Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2019-2022
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 7.5 | 0.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 26.5 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 5 | 20.2 | 3.3 | -2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 5 | 20.2 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 9 | 20.3 | 2.7 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Indiana
Week 8 · L 35-36 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 5 · W 24-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Illinois
Week 8 · L 18-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 4 · W 33-14
3
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Penn State
7 primary output · 26.5 efficiency · 5.3 usage
50.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
38.9
9 primary · 20.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Penn State
29.1
5 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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