Joey Porter Jr.: CB · Penn State · #9.
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Joey Porter Jr.
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Fourth year in the same secondary at Penn State. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2022. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Purdue — Week 1, 2022.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 8 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penn State | 27 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 51 | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | Penn State | 34 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 115 | 88 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 17 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-31@ Purdue | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 46-10vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-12@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-14vs Central Michigan | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-7vs Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-41@ No. 5 Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-17vs Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-44vs No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-16vs Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 8 |
Week 1 · 2022
W 35-31
at Purdue
8 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 8 solo tackles
Edged out Purdue on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
30%8 pass breakupsTackle volume
27tackles this season27 tackles · 8 pass breakups.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 33-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
46.9%
422 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #214 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 115 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #32 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
