Player Dossier

2020-2025

Eastern Michigan

Porter Rooks

WR • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Porter Rooks reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
NC State • Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Porter Rooks built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 9, spending time with Eastern Michigan and NC State. The clearest part of Porter Rooks' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9192

Myers Park · Charlotte, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Porter Rooks, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · NC State. Porter Rooks reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,112
Receptions
106
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Porter Rooks quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,112
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
4-star · Myers Park · NC State
High school pipeline
Myers Park · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
221 receiving yards · WR 441st (top 41%) · Mid-American 40th (top 21%) · National 579th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 PostseasonNC State11241064.1
2020 Regular SeasonNC State1122235064.1
2021 Regular SeasonNC State1023298066.4
2022 PostseasonNC State8218049.3
2022 Regular SeasonNC State817133149.3
2023 Regular SeasonNC State713166057
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0-00-
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan927221064.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024NC State to Eastern MichiganP4 to G5/FCS79.1Dec 4, 2023

Porter Rooks played WR for NC State and Eastern Michigan. Across 6 tracked seasons, Porter Rooks recorded 1 rushing yards, 1,112 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

NC State paired 298 primary output with 70.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 59.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Eastern Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

24.6

Efficiency

59.8

Usage

14.6

Consistency

75.8

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 13. Louisiana: 39. Central Michigan: 29. Buffalo: 8. Northern Illinois: 28. Miami (OH): 28. Ohio: 18. Bowling Green: 22. Western Michigan: 36

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. Texas State: 3 by 28.9. Louisiana: 7 by 37.1. Central Michigan: 2 by 96.7. Buffalo: 2 by 26.7. Northern Illinois: 4 by 46.7. Miami (OH): 2 by 93.3. Ohio: 2 by 60. Bowling Green: 3 by 48.9. Western Michigan: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins29.7 · Games = 3 · +7.7 vs Losses
Losses22 · Games = 6 · -7.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

100 vs Western Michigan

Result
Wed 11/26vs Western MichiganL 21-312361818025
Sat 11/8vs Bowling GreenW 27-213227.37.3009
Sat 10/25vs OhioL 21-2821899012
Sat 10/18@ Miami (OH)L 30-442281414023
Sat 10/11vs Northern IllinoisW 16-1042877015
Sat 10/4@ BuffaloL 30-31284405
Sat 9/27@ Central MichiganL 13-2422914.514.50016
Sat 9/20vs LouisianaW 34-317395.65.60012
Sun 8/31@ Texas StateL 27-523134.34.3007

Player Story

Porter Rooks story

Porter Rooks built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 9, spending time with Eastern Michigan and NC State. The clearest part of Porter Rooks' career was his receiving role: 106 catches, 1,112 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 rushing yard across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 rushing yard and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Porter Rooks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    NC State

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120222022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonNC State27664.711.9
2020 Regular SeasonNC State27664.711.90
2021 Regular SeasonNC State29870.49.622
2022 PostseasonNC State15148.110.9-147
2022 Regular SeasonNC State15148.110.90
2023 Regular SeasonNC State16683.59.315
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0-166
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan22159.814.6221

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia

Week 6 · W 38-21 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

51

Receiving Yards

97 takeover

51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 105 Louisiana

Week 4 · W 34-31

39

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 37.1 efficiency score.

#3

vs VMI

Week 3 · W 45-7

43

Receiving Yards

77.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 95.6 efficiency score.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 14 · W 23-13 · Conference game

44

Receiving Yards

75.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#5

vs Furman

Week 3 · W 45-7

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Receiving Yards

75.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · NC State

298 primary output · 70.4 efficiency · 9.6 usage

66.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

64.6

221 primary · 59.8 efficiency · 14.6 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · NC State

64.1

276 primary · 64.7 efficiency · 11.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games