Omari Porter

Senior cornerback on Rice's 2025 roster.

CB · Rice · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 198 lb · Auburn, AL

CFB Index 44 · #213 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Rice for 2026

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 515 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback on Rice's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Stanford in 2020.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

The full scouting read

Omari Porter

CB · Rice · Sr · #7

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor and Scott Abell. The receipt: 5 tackles against Florida Atlantic — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2023Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Balanced

2024Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Run-leaning

2025Rice5-8HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #213 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #213 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #213 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #11 of 27 American Athletic CBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Rice	31	20	0.5	8	--	--
2024	Stanford	4	4	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Stanford	18	9	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Stanford	6	4	0.0	--	1	--
2020	Stanford	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
Career		60	37	0.5	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 38–17

vs Prairie View A&M

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 21-point win at home against Prairie View A&M.

With C. Jenkins — 87 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.6 · 124 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · A. Turner — 68 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 14-12@ Louisiana	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 9-35vs Houston	2	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Prairie View A&M	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 28-17@ Charlotte	3	2	0.5	—	1
Wk 5	L 13-21@ Navy	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-27vs Florida Atlantic	5	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 13-61@ UTSA	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 37-34vs UConn	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-17vs UAB	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 24-56vs North Texas	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 3-52@ South Florida	4	1	0.0	—	3
Bowl	L 10-41@ Texas State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		31	20	0.5	—	8