Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. has already received praise from national media in this young college football season.
Skip Bayless praised Porter for his performance in Week 1โs win over Purdue.
โHow the Cowboys could use him opposite Trevon Diggs at corner,โ Bayless tweeted. โHeck, some games, in place of Diggs.โ
Pat McAfee also praised Porter on College Gameday ahead of Saturdayโs showdown at Auburn.
Joey Porter was a DAWG for the Pittsburgh Steelers & so is his son for Penn State#ESPNGameDay pic.twitter.com/ciozXauT8m
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 17, 2022
โTheyโve got a guy named Joey Porter Jr.,โ McAfee said. โWho is the son of Joey Porter Sr. Joey Porter Sr, menace in the NFL at linebacker.โ
The elder Joey Porter had an excellent NFL career, playing most of it for McAfeeโe hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. Porter Sr. made five All-Pro teams in his 13-year career, playing with the Steelers from 1999-2006 and winning a Super Bowl in the 2005 season.
โ(Porter Sr.) was a problem,โ McAfee said. โHis son, the same thing at corner for Penn State.โ
Porterโs game at Purdue may have been the best of his career. Although he wasnโt perfect in Week 1- dropping an interception on Purdueโs first drive that could have been a pick-six, and getting called for a pass interference in the red zone early in the third quarterโ Porter forced six incompletions (per Pro Football Focus), broke up three passes (two in the fourth quarter) and held his own through 16 targets.
The six forced incompletions were the most since PFF started tracking college football in 2014.
McAfee then picked Penn State to beat Auburn because he doesnโt think โwe know anything about Auburn yet.โ
