Joey Porter Jr.

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 47 regular-season games (41 starts) over his three-year NFL career (Steelers 2023-25)
• Has registered 164 tackles (120 solo), 31 passes defensed, three interceptions and three tackles for loss
• Selected to the 2023 Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) All-Rookie team
• Captured the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, presented to the team's top rookie
• Finalist for Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
• Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2023 (vs. San Francisco)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 8 of 2023 (vs. Jacksonville)

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 47 regular-season games (41 starts) over his three-year NFL career (Steelers 2023-25)
• Has registered 164 tackles (120 solo), 31 passes defensed, three interceptions and three tackles for loss
• Selected to the 2023 Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) All-Rookie team
• Captured the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, presented to the team's top rookie
• Finalist for Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
• Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2023 (vs. San Francisco)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 8 of 2023 (vs. Jacksonville)

2025 (STEELERS)

• Started all 14 regular-season games in which he appeared
• Registered 52 tackles (35 solo), 14 passes defensed, one interception and 1.0 sack
• Recorded his first career sack in Week 9 vs. Indianapolis, bringing down QB Daniel Jones in the third quarter
• Also picked off Jones in the fourth quarter to help seal the victory
• Matched his season high with eight tackles (six solo) in Week 13 vs. Buffalo
• His 14 passes defensed led the team and were a career high
• Was inactive in Weeks 2-4 due to injury

2024 (STEELERS)

• Played in 16 regular-season games (16 starts)
• Registered 70 tackles (53 solo), 7 passes defensed, one interception and two tackles for loss
• Tallied a career-high nine solo tackles in Week 8 vs. the Giants
• Picked off QB Dak Prescott in Week 5 vs. the Cowboys

2023 (STEELERS)

• Played in 17 regular-season games (11 starts)
• Registered 42 tackles (32 solo), 10 passes defensed, one interception and one tackle for loss
• Selected to the 2023 Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) All-Rookie team
• Captured the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, presented to the team's top rookie
• Finalist for Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
• Registered a 47.6% completion percentage on targets and 70.1 allowed passer rating
• His 47.6% completion percentage on targets and 70.1 allowed passer rating were the League's best among qualifying rookies (min. 60 targets)
• His 47.6% completion percentage on targets was the second-best among all players in the NFL in 2023

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