Player Dossier

2024-2025

Bowling Green

Mar'Kel Porter

RB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Mar'Kel Porter leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

13

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Bowling Green
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fordham

Player Story

Mar'Kel Porter built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Mar'Kel Porter's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8311

Lancaster · Lancaster, TX

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Mar'Kel Porter, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Mar'Kel Porter leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
174
Rushing yards
104
Receiving yards
70
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Mar'Kel Porter quick answers

Latest team and position
Bowling Green · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
174
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Top game
Fordham
Recruit profile
3-star · Lancaster · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Lancaster · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Freshman
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
163 scrimmage yards · RB 397th (top 55%) · Mid-American 93rd (top 36%) · National 1,166th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonBowling Green211110032.7
2025 Regular SeasonBowling Green111639370247.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Bowling Green to NorthwesternG5/FCS to P477.5Jan 14, 2026

Mar'Kel Porter played RB for Bowling Green. Across 2 tracked seasons, Mar'Kel Porter recorded 104 rushing yards, 70 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Bowling Green.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Bowling Green paired 163 primary output with 33.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 33.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Loss with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 81.8th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

14.8

Efficiency

33.2

Usage

6.4

Consistency

39.2

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Lafayette: 10. Cincinnati: 40. Louisville: 3. Ohio: 4. Toledo: 4. Central Michigan: -2. Kent State: 31. Buffalo: 17. Eastern Michigan: 23. Akron: 0. Massachusetts: 33

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Lafayette: 2 by 52.1. Cincinnati: 8 by 30.2. Louisville: 1 by 31.3. Ohio: 2 by 14.6. Toledo: 3 by 13.9. Central Michigan: 1 by 0. Kent State: 4 by 82.3. Buffalo: 4 by 36.5. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 22.2. Massachusetts: 7 by 49.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins15.7 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses14.5 · Games = 8 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

82.3 vs Kent State

Result
Tue 11/25@ MassachusettsW 45-147334.7004.7
Wed 11/19vs AkronL 16-19
Sat 11/8@ Eastern MichiganL 21-2755101183.8
Sat 11/1vs BuffaloL 3-2826302114.3
Sat 10/25@ Kent StateL 21-2432480177.8
Sat 10/18vs Central MichiganL 6-271-2-20-2
Sat 10/11vs ToledoW 28-23341.3001.3
Sat 9/27@ OhioL 20-351110132
Sat 9/20@ LouisvilleL 17-4013303
Sat 9/6@ CincinnatiL 20-34691.5012315
Thu 8/28vs LafayetteW 26-7210515

Player Story

Mar'Kel Porter story

Mar'Kel Porter built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Mar'Kel Porter's career was his backfield work: 104 rushing yards, 35 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 70 receiving yards across 13 career games in the available record. His career also includes 70 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mar'Kel 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.

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    Bowling Green

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonBowling Green1146.93.2
2025 Regular SeasonBowling Green16333.26.4152

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Fordham

Week 1 · W 41-17

Win with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

8

Scrimmage Yards

63 takeover

8 scrimmage yards and 2 usage.

#2

@ No. 130 Kent State

Week 9 · L 21-24 · Conference game

31

Scrimmage Yards

59.3 takeover

Loss with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

31 scrimmage yards and 6.3 usage.

#3

@ No. 136 Massachusetts

Week 14 · W 45-14 · Conference game

33

Scrimmage Yards

56 takeover

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.

#4

@ No. 56 Cincinnati

Week 2 · L 20-34

40

Scrimmage Yards

55.5 takeover

Loss with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

40 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.

#5

@ No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 11 · L 21-27 · Conference game

23

Scrimmage Yards

38.9 takeover

Loss with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

23 scrimmage yards and 13 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green

163 primary output · 33.2 efficiency · 6.4 usage

47.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green

32.7

11 primary · 46.9 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games