Player Dossier

2020-2024

Miami

Daryl Porter Jr.

DB • 5'10" • 185 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

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Usage / Role

40%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Miami

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia • Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Daryl Porter Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Miami and West Virginia. The clearest part of Daryl Porter Jr.'s career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8889

Caravel Academy · Bear, DE

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Daryl Porter Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Miami. Daryl Porter Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
106
TFL
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
17

Quick Answers

Daryl Porter Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · DB
Career Tackles
106
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Miami
Top game
Duke
Recruit profile
3-star · Caravel Academy · Miami
High school pipeline
Caravel Academy · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
28 tackles · DB 358th (top 37%) · ACC 197th (top 26%) · National 1,512th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia135-0--035.9
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia134110-5035.9
2022 Regular SeasonMiami61120-1021
2023 PostseasonMiami72-0-1038.7
2023 Regular SeasonMiami719-013038.7
2024 Regular SeasonMiami1228-027051.5

Related Context

Daryl Porter Jr. played DB for West Virginia and Miami. Across 5 tracked seasons, Daryl Porter Jr. recorded 106 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Miami paired 9 primary output with 17.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 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 West Virginia, Miami.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Postseason · West Virginia

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

20.1

Usage

3.6

Consistency

15.4

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Maryland: 1. Long Island University: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Texas Tech: 1. Baylor: 1. TCU: 1. Iowa State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Kansas State: 1. Texas: 0. Kansas: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 5 by 20.8. Maryland: 6 by 35. Long Island University: 1 by 4.2. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 5 by 30.8. Baylor: 2 by 18.3. TCU: 3 by 22.5. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 5 by 20.8. Kansas State: 2 by 18.3. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 5 by 40.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs Kansas

Result
Wed 12/29@ MinnesotaL 6-1854000
Sun 11/28@ KansasSplash gameW 34-2855002
Sat 11/20vs TexasW 31-2322000
Sat 11/13@ Kansas StateL 17-3422100
Sat 11/6vs Oklahoma StateL 3-2455000
Sat 10/30vs Iowa StateW 38-3122000
Sat 10/23@ TCUW 29-17330010
Sat 10/9@ BaylorL 20-4522001
Sat 10/2vs Texas TechL 20-2355001
Sat 9/25@ OklahomaL 13-1641000
Sat 9/18vs Virginia TechW 27-2144000
Sat 9/11vs Long Island UniversityW 66-011000
Sat 9/4@ MarylandL 24-3064001

Player Story

Daryl Porter Jr. story

Daryl Porter Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Miami and West Virginia. The clearest part of Daryl Porter Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 106 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 17 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Daryl Porter Jr.'s 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

    West Virginia

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia0
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia720.13.67
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia720.13.60
2022 Regular SeasonMiami312.73.2-4
2023 PostseasonMiami519.63.22
2023 Regular SeasonMiami519.63.20
2024 Regular SeasonMiami917.23.14

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Duke

Week 10 · W 53-31 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Kansas

Week 13 · W 34-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 4 · L 31-45

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Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Georgia Tech

Week 11 · W 35-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

54.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Temple

Week 4 · W 41-7

2

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Miami

9 primary output · 17.2 efficiency · 3.1 usage

51.5

#2

2023 Postseason · Miami

38.7

5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Miami

38.7

5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games