Penn State’s roster for the 2022 season has a good mix of returning veterans and experience and fresh new faces expected to jump in and contribute this fall. Nittany Lions Wire will be taking a look at 25 of the most important players on the roster for the 2022 season all throughout the month of July by profiling one player each day.
James Franklin has built a complete team at Penn State, not many programs can say that. What he and his staff do best is develop talent, yeah it is fun to get 5-star recruits but they get coached the same as walk-ons. Thanks to that approach we have seen a major influx of talent to the NFL and across the entire roster.
One major project that has proven to be more than just his father’s name is Joey Porter Jr. What he has turned into is a complete corner who can help in many coverages and he has the big frame of his famous NFL father. All of that combined has Penn State with a special corner roving the field for the Nittany Lions.
2021 in Review
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Joey Porter Jr. had a breakout 2021 campaign after a shortened 2020 season. In his first full year in a Nittany Lion uniform, we saw Porter Jr. start 13 games including a bowl appearance. He was a major key in the pass defense that was helped out by another great group of pass rushers headlined by Arnold Ebiketie.
Penn State overall had the 23rd best pass defense in the country and allowed fewer than ten yards per completion. Allowing fewer than ten yards per completion is something that only three teams in the entire country can lay claim to.
Joey Porter Jr. was a major part of those numbers being what they were. Now, when you watched him play he was able to lock down receivers in man coverage while pressing them while also dropping back in a zone and making plays. When you dig even deeper into the analytics side of things PFF gave him a tackling grade of 74.7 and a pass coverage grade of 70.8, both of which are very impressive…
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