Jackson Porter: CB · Massachusetts · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jackson Porter
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Massachusetts since. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against BYU — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 26 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2015 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 41 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-38vs Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 28-38@ Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-17vs Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-17@ Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 50-58vs Ohio | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-34@ No. 21 Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-10@ BYU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 45-63@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
47%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
15tackles this season15 tackles · 7 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Mark Whipple — 12-36 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
51.8%
443 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Massachusetts, 41 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 20 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charley Molnar → Mark Whipple. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
