Quinton Porter

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Quinton Porter
Born: (1982-12-28) December 28, 1982 (age 41)
Portland, Maine, U.S.
Career information
CFL status American
Position(s) QB
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight228 lb (103 kg)
College Boston College
High school Portland
Hand Right
Career history
As player
2006 Houston Texans
2007 Cologne Centurions
2007 Carolina Panthers*
2008–2012 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2013 Montreal Alouettes*
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career stats

Quinton George Porter (born December 28, 1982) is an American former professional gridiron football quarterback. He was on the practice squad for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He was originally signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Boston College. Porter has also been a player with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL.

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Early life

Porter grew up in Portland, Maine. He was the youngest of the five children of Georgia and Michael Porter. He was a football star at King Middle School, then Portland High School. At Portland High, Porter also played basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society.

In 2000, his senior year in high school, he won separate honors as Maine's top high school athlete in awards sponsored by USA Today and Gatorade. He led Portland High to 10-1 record in football while throwing for 1,600 yards and 18 touchdowns. He gained all-state and all-conference honors.

College career

Porter accepted a scholarship from Boston College and saw action as a backup in 2001 and 2002. He was the starting quarterback his junior year (2003) for all but the last three games after a hand injury.

He was redshirted in 2004, making 2005 his senior year. [1]

Porter was named starting quarterback at the start of the 2005 season. He started seven games and was named Atlantic Coast Conference player of the week for his performance in BC's 28-17 win over Virginia. Leading up to the October 27 game against Virginia Tech, the Eagles under Porter were ranked 13th in the country.

However, after a 30-10 loss to 3rd ranked Virginia Tech (led by quarterback Marcus Vick, brother of Michael Vick), and a loss to North Carolina, a quarterback controversy erupted as BC coach Tom O'Brien announced that he would start Porter's backup, Matt Ryan, in the upcoming game against North Carolina State University. Ryan began starting, and led the Eagles to a victory over Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl.

In February 2003 Porter experienced a personal tragedy when his father died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Michael Porter, a huge supporter of his son, had attended every Boston College game, home and away. [2]

Professional career

Houston Texans

Porter signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent May 8, 2006. He was soon moved to the practice squad where he stayed until early December. He was then signed to the active roster for the remainder of his rookie season. He was the team's third-string quarterback for much of the 2006 season. He saw no regular season playing time. The Texans sent him to play for the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe in the spring of 2007. He was released by the Texans August 26, 2007. [3]

Carolina Panthers

After a Jake Delhomme injury that left David Carr and Matt Moore as the only healthy quarterbacks on the Panthers' roster. Porter was signed to Carolina's practice squad on September 26, 2007.

Hamilton Tiger Cats

On May 14, 2008, the Hamilton Tiger Cats announced the signing of Porter. [4] He beat out Timmy Chang in the preseason to become the Ti-Cats third-string quarterback. He moved up to the second string on July 25 due to an injury to Casey Printers. He was moved up to the second string again for the September 12 game by new head coach Marcel Bellefeuille. [5] Porter made his first start on September 27, 2008. Porter was sacked ten times by the BC Lions defense and went 14-of-27 for 144 yards with two interceptions in a 40-10 loss. [6] His performance in his second start, 27-of-32 passing for 429 yards and five touchdowns including running himself for 42 yards on six carries, earned him the CFL's Offensive Player of the Week honours [7] as well as the team's unexpected victory over the East's first place team, the Montreal Alouettes, and solidified his position as the number one quarterback on the Ti-Cats roster until the emergence of Kevin Glenn. [8] For the 2010 and 2011 seasons, Porter was second string, backing up Glenn, in addition to coming in for short yardage situations. In 2011, Porter led the CFL in rushing touchdowns with nine. On January 15, 2013, the Tiger-Cats released Porter as per his request.

Montreal Alouettes

On January 21, 2013, Porter signed a 3-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. [9] In the 2013 preseason, Porter completed 10 of 26 passing attempts for 191 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. He was released on June 21, 2013. [10]

2019

In 2019, Porter joined Pico - Get Personal as vice president for North America. [11] He left the company in January 2022.

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References

  1. ↑ USA Today: Redshirting pays big for BC QB
  2. ↑ Daily Orange (BC): Porter finds sanctuary on field after loss of father
  3. ↑ Maine Sunday Telegram: Portland QB Gets Shot With Texans [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ TSN: Ticats ink import QB porter
  5. ↑ "TheSpec.com - Sports - What's next? Dissension?". Archived from the original on September 29, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Lions maul Ticats rookie Porter". CBC News. September 28, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Tiger-Cats' Porter among CFL Players of the Week". TSN.ca. October 8, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  8. ↑ Milton, Steve (October 6, 2008). "Porter assumes Ticat QB throne". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
  9. ↑ Milton, Steve (January 21, 2013). "Porter signs with the Alouettes". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  10. ↑ Released by Alouettes
  11. ↑ Jacoby, Joshua. "Meet Quinton Porter". www.picogp.com.
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