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2019 Football Roster

2 Taeyler Porter

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 202
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Immokalee, Fla. / ASA Miami Jr. College

Biography

Honors
2018: 1st-team All-SWAC; BOXTOROW All American.
2019: 1st-team Preseason All-SWAC, Preseason BOXTOTOW All-American; Black College Football HOF Watch List; 1st-team All-SWAC; Selected for participation in inaugural NFL HBCU Combine

Career: Rushed for  2,237 yards and 21 touchdowns on 418 carries (5.4 avg), posting 11 games of at least 100 rushing yards in only 20 games.
  • Became only third player in school history post back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons, joining Charles "Monk" Williams (1,137 in 1966; 1,009 yards in 1967) and Ivory Lee Brown (school-record 1,465 in 1989; 1,364 in 1990).
  • Posted 11 career 100-yard rushing games (7 in 2018, 4 in 2019), including one 200+yard game
  • Had eight games of 2+ rushing touchdowns, including one 3-TD rushing game

2019 - (10/9): Finished third in the SWAC in rushing despite missing a game with 1,017 yards (5.3 avg) and career-high 12 touchdowns in leading Lions to first winning season since 2012.
  • Had one three-touchdown game, five two-rushing TD games, and four 100-yard rushing games
  • Posted four 100-yard rushing games, highlighted by a season-best 197-yard, two-touchdown game on 30 carries in the 45-13 win in the season finale against Texas Southern. 
  • Porter had a school-record 98-yard touchdown run against Lane that proved to be the game-winner in UAPB's 45-38 victory over Lane, the first homecoming win for the program since 2012. Rushed 21 times for then season-high 182 yards and two touchdowns
  • Gained 107 yards on 18 carries with two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass at Tennessee St.  
  • Rushed 18 times for 130 and two touchdowns, one a then-season long 53-yard score at Alabama A&M.
  • Posted 1st of 5 two-rush TD games vs. Langston, carrying 11 times for 51 yards and two scores.
 
2018 – (10/10): Led the SWAC in rushing with 1,220 yards on 226 carries (5.4 avg.) with nine touchdowns while catching 12 passes for 67 yards
  • Had seven 100-yard rushing games, highlighted by a career-best 38-carry, 226-yard, 3-TD game at Grambling (10/27)
  • Posted four consecutive 100-yard rushing games (26-137 at FIU 9/29; 31-167-1 vs. Jackson St. 10/6, 37-173-2 at Miss. Valley St. 10/20) capped off by GSU game
  • Also went 20-109-1 vs. Morehouse (9/1), 21-106 at South Dakota St. (9/15), and 10-143 at Texas Southern (11/22)
 
CAREER HIGHS
Car: 38 at Grambling (10/27/18)
Yards: 226 at Grambling (10/27/18)
LG: 98 vs. Lane (10/5/19)
TD: 3 at Grambling (10/27/18)
Rec: 3 at Grambling (10/27/18)
Yards: 31 vs. Jackson St. (10/6/18)
LG: 16 vs. Jackson St. (10/6/18)
TD: 1 at Tennessee St. (9/21/19)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2018Junior

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2019Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 202 lbs
    2