Mar'Kel Porter

Sophomore running back for Northwestern. 2025: 93 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Northwestern · So. · #7

5′11″ · 215 lb · Lancaster, TX · Lancaster

Transferred Bowling Green → Northwestern for 2026

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The numbers

rushing yards · 2025

2 TD · 3 per carry · 7 catches

Best game: 9 rush yds, 1 TD, 31 rec yds, at Cincinnati

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for Northwestern. 2025: 93 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2024.
Transferred from Bowling Green to Northwestern in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Rec yards: 40th percentile.

The full scouting read

Mar'Kel Porter

RB · Northwestern · So · #7

Mar'Kel Porter has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Northwestern. The receipt: 33 rush yds against Massachusetts — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#202 / 338 · 40th pct

Receptions#240 / 338 · 27th pct

Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct

Long run#338 / 349 · 3rd pct

Yards / carry#343 / 349 · 2nd pct

3.0

Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct

Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	1.8	0.2
Road6g	12.5	3.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.4	2.4	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	11.0	2.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Bowling Green	31	93	3.0	2	--
2024	Bowling Green	4	11	2.8	0	--
Career		35	104	3.0	2	--

Season	Team
2025	Bowling Green	7	70	10.0	0	--
2024	Bowling Green	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	70	10.0	0	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Cincinnati · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Drew Pyne pass complete to Mar'Kel Porter for 22 yds to the CIN 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Lafayette · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.48Mar'Kel Porter 4 Yd Run (Jackson Kleather Kick)
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Mar'Kel Porter run for 1 yd for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 11 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.68(10:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short right to #25 M.Porter caught at BGSU28, for 18 yards to the BGSU48 (#11 Z.Mowchan; #40 B.Eliuk), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Buffalo · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.59(05:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Pyne pass complete short right to #25 M.Porter caught at UB50, for 5 yards to the UB41 (#2 R.Murdock; #15 S.Brown), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.25(02:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 M.Porter rush middle for 14 yards gain to the BGSU40 (#18 T.Miller), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Louisville · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.15Mar'Kel Porter run for 3 yds to the BGSU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA -1.11Mar'Kel Porter run for no gain to the CIN 44
Week 10 · Buffalo · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.02(09:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Pyne pass complete short right to #25 M.Porter caught at BGSU15, for 6 yards to the BGSU25 (#18 D.Crawford), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.93(06:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 M.Porter rush middle for 1 yard gain to the BGSU44 (#42 A.Marshall; #44 M.Patierno)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-7vs Lafayette	2	10	5.0	1	6
Wk 2	L 20-34@ Cincinnati	6	9	1.5	1	4
Wk 4	L 17-40@ Louisville	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 5	L 20-35@ Ohio	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 7	W 28-23vs Toledo	3	4	1.3	0	3
Wk 8	L 6-27vs Central Michigan	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Kent State	3	24	8.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 3-28vs Buffalo	2	6	3.0	0	4
Wk 11	L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan	5	5	1.0	0	3
Wk 13	L 16-19vs Akron	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 14	W 45-14@ Massachusetts	7	33	4.7	0	11	Season-high 33 yds
Total		31	93	2.6	2	14

The backfield · Northwestern

#5Caleb KomolafeRB · Jr.941 rushing yards · 2025
#27Gavin SawchukRB · Sr.486 rushing yards · 2025
#6Joseph Himon IIRB · Sr.486 rushing yards · 2025
#4Cam PorterRB · Sr.137 rushing yards · 2025
#7Mar'Kel PorterRB · So.93 rushing yards · 2025

5 more on the roster · Northwestern team page

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

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