Porter Named FWAA All-American – Penn State Athletics

Redshirt junior earns second All-America honor

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt junior cornerback Joey Porter Jr. was selected second-team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) on Friday.
 
Porter picked up his second NCAA-recognized All-American honor this season. He was named second-team All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation on Wednesday.
 
Porter is one of 184 Penn State players to be named All-Americans. The Nittany Lions have had an All-American in 50 of the last 56 years.
 
In the James Franklin era, Penn State has 17 All-Americans.
 
Joey Porter Jr. · R-Jr. · CB · 6-2 · 194 · Bakersfield, Calif. · North Allegheny (Pa.)

• Selected second-team All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
• Tabbed second-team All-America by CBS Sports.
• Named first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media.
• Porter has played in 34 career games with the Nittany Lions and has made 30 starts.
• Was a third-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches in 2021 and by the media in 2020.
• Has collected 114 tackles (87 solo), two tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception and 20 pass breakups as a Nittany Lion.
• He is a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award.
• In man coverage, Porter has allowed just 9 catches in 26 targets (34.6%) and 70 yards.
• Porter is allowing a 42.3 completion percentage when targeted.
• Porter Jr. is tied 24th in the nation with 11 pass breakups.
• Porter tallied a career-high six pass breakups against Purdue, earning Bednarik Award National Player of the Week honors.
• Porter’s six pass breakups vs. the Boilermakers set a school record and tied a then-Big Ten single-game record.
• Porter’s six pass breakups are tied for the second-most in an FBS game this season.
• He made a team-high eight tackles and recovered a fumble against the Boilermakers.
• He recorded five tackles and three pass breakups vs. Central Michigan.
• Porter had one pass breakup in each game against Northwestern and Minnesota.

 
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