Porter Rooks

#9 · WR · Sr. · Eastern Michigan6′1″ · 200 lb · Charlotte, NC · Myers Park

Porter Rooks is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Eastern Michigan.

Rooks moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 39 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Louisiana — Week 4, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Hayes SuttonMiddle Tennessee · 2024 · 88% season match
Malik BensonAlabama · 2023 · 88% season match
Abdul-Fatai IbrahimLouisiana Tech · 2024 · 80% season match
Kendrick LawAlabama · 2023 · 79% season match
Caleb GossettOhio · 2025 · 78% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Eastern Michigan	27	221	8.2	0	25
2023	NC State	13	166	12.8	0	26
2022	NC State	19	151	7.9	1	18
2021	NC State	23	298	13.0	0	37
2020	NC State	24	276	11.5	0	33
Career		106	1,112	10.5	1	37

Season	Team
2025	Eastern Michigan	--	--
2023	NC State	--	--
2022	NC State	--	--
2021	NC State	--	--
2020	NC State	2	1
Career		2	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-52@ Texas State	3	13	4.3	7
Wk 4	W 34-31vs Louisiana	7	39	5.6	12	Season-high 39 yds
Wk 5	L 13-24@ Central Michigan	2	29	14.5	16
Wk 6	L 30-31@ Buffalo	2	8	4.0	5
Wk 7	W 16-10vs Northern Illinois	4	28	7.0	15
Wk 8	L 30-44@ Miami (OH)	2	28	14.0	23
Wk 9	L 21-28vs Ohio	2	18	9.0	12
Wk 11	W 27-21vs Bowling Green	3	22	7.3	9
Wk 14	L 21-31vs Western Michigan	2	36	18.0	25
Total		27	221	8.2	25

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 — 49.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 56 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Miami (OH) · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Noah Kim pass complete to Porter Rooks for 23 yds to the M-OH 21 for a
Week 14 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Kim to Rooks: a 25-yard pass.
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Noah Kim pass complete to Porter Rooks for 16 yds to the CMU 41 for a Central Michigan Penalty, Blocking Out Of Bounds (Jaion Jackson) to the CMU 26 for a
Week 14 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34Kim to Rooks: an 11-yard pass.
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +1.25Noah Kim pass complete to Porter Rooks for 13 yds to the EMU 25 for a
Week 4 · Louisiana · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.24Noah Kim pass complete to Porter Rooks for 9 yds to the EMU 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Louisiana · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA −1.19Noah Kim pass complete to Porter Rooks for no gain to the UL 43
Week 4 · Louisiana · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA −0.93Noah Kim pass complete to Porter Rooks for no gain to the UL 31
Week 11 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +0.91Kim to Rooks: a 9-yard pass.
Week 11 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.79Kim to Rooks: a 9-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

27 rec · 221 yds · 0 TD

27 of 27 receptions matched to play-by-play

12 of 44 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4412% of team targets

Catch rate

61%27 of 44 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

58% of targets (7)

57%catch rate

Air 5.9 · YAC 2.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

33% of targets (4)

75%catch rate

Air 13.5 · YAC 4.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

8% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 29.0 avg

61% catch rate on 44 targets · 12% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

29%12 of his 42 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 30 (#405 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

30Below cohort / limited sample #405 of 485 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / target (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#505 / 798 · 37th pct

64.3%

Explosive rate#643 / 798 · 19th pct

4.8%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Yards / catch#672 / 798 · 16th pct

8.2

EPA / target#713 / 798 · 11th pct

0.10

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#320 / 558 · 41st pct

Rec yards#439 / 558 · 21st pct

221

Long catch#505 / 558 · 9th pct

Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct

Yards / catch#529 / 558 · 5th pct

8.2

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

51.1%

403 pass / 385 run

Plays / game

65.7

12 games

Team sack rate

2.3%

444 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

27 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

30 · #405 of 485 WRs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #405 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #30 of 38 Mid-American WRs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).