Joey Porter Jr.

Former cornerback at Penn State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Penn State · Jr. · #9

6′2″ · 198 lb · Bakersfield, CA

CFB Index 39 · #214 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamPittsburgh — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 1, #32 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 345 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Penn State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Pittsburgh in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 115 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #32 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20193 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of North Allegheny

20208 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

202112 games

All-Big Tenthird

202210 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2023

Drafted by Pittsburghround 2, pick 32

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#345 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #32

Pittsburgh · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)

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FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2020)

1 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 4th NFL season

#32Rd 2 · Pick 1

PittsburghEntering 4th NFL season

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2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 33-15 over that span.

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

39Below cohort / limited sample #214 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#75 / 2755 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#974 / 2755 · 63rd pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles#1443 / 2755 · 46th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2352 / 2755 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #214 of 322 corners

Former four-star. Now #214 at the position.

Career stats

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

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-31@ Purdue	8	8	—	3	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	W 46-10vs Ohio	1	1	—	0
Wk 3	W 41-12@ Auburn	2	2	—	0
Wk 4	W 33-14vs Central Michigan	5	2	—	3
Wk 5	W 17-7vs Northwestern	1	0	—	1
Wk 7	L 17-41@ Michigan	4	3	—	0
Wk 8	W 45-17vs Minnesota	0	0	—	1
Wk 9	L 31-44vs Ohio State	4	4	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-14@ Indiana	1	1	—	0
Wk 13	W 35-16vs Michigan State	1	0	—	0
Total		27	21	—	8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology