Senior wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 27 catches, 221 receiving yards.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Charlotte, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
27 catches · 8.2 per catch
Best game: 7 rec, 39 yds, vs Louisiana
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 27 catches, 221 receiving yards.
Porter Rooks
Moves the chains on third down. Porter Rooks has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 39 rec yds, 7 receptions against Louisiana — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / target (11th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 28.6 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 19.5 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 23.4 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 26.0 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #405 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #30 of 38 Mid-American WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 27 | 221 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | NC State | 13 | 166 | 12.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | NC State | 19 | 151 | 7.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | NC State | 23 | 298 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | NC State | 24 | 276 | 11.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 106 | 1,112 | 10.5 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | NC State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | NC State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | NC State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | NC State | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 34–31
vs Louisiana
7 rec · 39 yds
Edged out Louisiana at home in a shootout.
With N. Kim — 226 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.1 · 12 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 49 AVG · 56 LONG · 3 NO
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Louisiana | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ Central Michigan | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Buffalo | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-44@ Miami (OH) | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28vs Ohio | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21vs Bowling Green | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-31vs Western Michigan | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Total | 27 | 221 | 9.3 | 0 | 25 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Eastern Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Eastern Michigan
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Eastern Michigan · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #103 · 2026 recruiting class #106
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim’s 2024 season.
Matches Abdul-Fatai on
Differs from Abdul-Fatai on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Caleb Burke’s path through New Hampshire.
Caleb Burke
Owen Glascoe
Matches Caleb on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Davis's graduate season at Minnesota (2025).
Matches Cam on
Differs from Cam on
Player DNA