Biography
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
COLLEGE
- Appeared in 35 games (31 starts) at Penn State (2019-22)
- Recorded 94 tackles (87 solo), two tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one interception, 20 pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery
- Registered school-record six pass breakups at Purdue in 2022, which tied a then-Big Ten record for a single game with Michigan's Jourdan Lewis (vs. Michigan State, 2015) and Minnesota's Michael Carter (vs. Purdue, 2012)
- The six breakups were tied for the second-most in an FBS game this in '22
- Named 2022 All-American second team by the AFCA, Associated Press, FWAA, Walter Camp Football Foundation and CBS Sports
- Named 2022 All-Big Ten first team by the coaches and media
- Tabbed 2022 Associated Press All-Big Ten first team
- Named 2022 Pro Football Focus All-Big Ten second team
- Earned the team's 2022 Most Valuable Defensive Player
- 2022 Jim Thorpe Award, Chuck Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy semifinalist
- Earned the 2022 Bednarik Award National Player of the Week (Sept. 6)
- Named 2021 All-Big Ten third team by the coaches and honorable mention by the media
- Earned 2021 All-Big Ten third team honors from the media and honorable mention from the coaches
- Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Dec. 7)
- Targeted 14 times in 2022 season opener vs. Purdue (had school-record 6 PBUs)
- Targeted only 16 times over final nine games (with 5 PBUs) in 2022
- Led Power 5 with a 40.0 forced incompletion percentage
PERSONAL
- Full name is Joey Eugene Porter Jr.
- Son of Christy and Joey Porter Sr.
- Has two brothers, Jacob and Willie, and two sisters, Jayla and Jasmine
- Father, Joey Sr., was the outside linebackers coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers (2015-18)
- Father played football at Colorado State (1995-99) and played 13 seasons for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals
- Cousin, Jason Gildon, played football at Oklahoma State (1990-94) and played 10 years for the Steelers and one season for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Cousin, Larry Birdine Jr., played football at Oklahoma State and three seasons in the NFL
- Cousin, Sheldon Croney Jr., currently plays football at Iowa State
- Hobbies include playing video games
- Has volunteered feeding the homeless and at special needs activity day
- Plans to take over his mother's business, The Jasmine Nyree Day Center, working with autistic children after his NFL career