Player Dossier

2023-2025

UConn

Shamar Porter

WR • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

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

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Kentucky • UConn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Merrimack

Player Story

Shamar Porter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Nashville, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Kentucky and UConn. The clearest part of Shamar Porter's career was his receiving...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.905

Ensworth · Nashville, TN

Committed To
Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Shamar Porter, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kentucky. Shamar Porter reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
332
Receptions
23
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Shamar Porter quick answers

Latest team and position
UConn · WR
Career Receiving Yards
332
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
Top game
Merrimack
Recruit profile
4-star · Ensworth · Kentucky
High school pipeline
Ensworth · 36 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
219 receiving yards · WR 445th (top 41%) · FBS Independents 10th (top 28%) · National 585th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky1-00100
2024 Regular SeasonUConn66113355
2025 PostseasonUConn1016060.3
2025 Regular SeasonUConn1016213160.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026UConn to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted20.1Jan 15, 2026
2024Kentucky to UConnP4 to G5/FCS76.6Apr 22, 2024

Shamar Porter played WR for Kentucky and UConn. Across 3 tracked seasons, Shamar Porter recorded 332 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 63.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, UConn.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

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 Postseason · UConn

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

21.9

Efficiency

63.1

Usage

8.1

Consistency

51.2

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 6. Central Connecticut: 6. Syracuse: 23. Ball State: 33. Buffalo: 24. Florida International: 12. Boston College: 10. Rice: 6. Air Force: 41. Florida Atlantic: 58

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. Army: 1 by 40. Central Connecticut: 1 by 40. Syracuse: 3 by 51.1. Ball State: 1 by 100. Buffalo: 3 by 53.3. Florida International: 2 by 40. Boston College: 1 by 66.7. Rice: 1 by 40. Air Force: 2 by 100. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins26.3 · Games = 7 · +14.6 vs Losses
Losses11.7 · Games = 3 · -14.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

Best efficiency game

100 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Sat 12/27@ ArmyL 16-41166606
Sat 11/22@ Florida AtlanticW 48-452582929156
Sat 11/15vs Air ForceW 26-1624120.520.50031
Sat 10/25@ RiceL 34-37166606
Sat 10/18@ Boston CollegeW 38-231101010010
Sat 10/4vs Florida InternationalW 51-102126606
Sat 9/27@ BuffaloW 20-1732488013
Sat 9/20vs Ball StateW 31-251333333033
Sat 9/6@ SyracuseL 20-273237.77.70010
Sat 8/30vs Central ConnecticutW 59-13166606

Player Story

Shamar Porter story

Shamar Porter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Nashville, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Kentucky and UConn. The clearest part of Shamar Porter's career was his receiving role: 23 catches, 332 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shamar Porter'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

    Kentucky

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UConn

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky0
2024 Regular SeasonUConn113888.4113
2025 PostseasonUConn21963.18.1106
2025 Regular SeasonUConn21963.18.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Merrimack

Week 2 · W 63-17

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42

Receiving Yards

79.8 takeover

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic

Week 13 · W 48-45

58

Receiving Yards

73.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 80 Air Force

Week 12 · W 26-16

41

Receiving Yards

71.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 4 · W 48-14

33

Receiving Yards

70.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 132 Ball State

Week 4 · W 31-25

33

Receiving Yards

57.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Kentucky

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2025 Postseason · UConn

60.3

219 primary · 63.1 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · UConn

60.3

219 primary · 63.1 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games