Joey Porter played college football at Colorado State and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft.
51 Facts About Joey Porter
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Joey Porter was a two-time All-Conference selection as wide receiver and running back for the Trojans.
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Joey Porter lettered twice in football, plus twice in basketball.
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Joey Porter has never moved from his hometown and ran a youth football camp at Foothill throughout his career.
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Joey Porter began his college career as an H-back and did not see his first action on the defensive line until his junior year.
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Joey Porter was a third-team All-American and All-Western Athletic Conference first-team selection by The Sports Network.
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Joey Porter finished third in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A with a school single-season record-tying 15 sacks for minus 63 yards.
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Joey Porter is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
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However, despite his similarities to Lloyd in terms of playing style and vocal leadership, Joey Porter changed his jersey number to 55 just before the start of the regular season in order to develop his own identity.
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Joey Porter took 55 in honor of his childhood hero, Junior Seau.
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Joey Porter finished the preseason as the team's leading tackler, recording 22 total tackles.
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Joey Porter recorded a team-high four sacks and forced a fumble.
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Joey Porter went on to excel on special teams during the 1999 season, with his time on defense increasing as the year went on.
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Joey Porter forced and recovered a Neil O'Donnell fumble and returned it 46 yards for a score.
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In 2000, Joey Porter finished second behind Jason Gildon and set a career-high with 10.5 sacks on the year.
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Joey Porter had five tackles and two sacks in a game against the Baltimore Ravens two games later.
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Joey Porter had a career day against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 21,2001, recording six tackles, four sacks and a pass deflected while earning American Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors.
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Joey Porter finished with 59 tackles and nine sacks on the season.
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In Week 2 of the 2002 season, Joey Porter had what is likely the best game of his professional career.
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Joey Porter was selected to his first Pro Bowl following the season.
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In 2003, Joey Porter recorded the lowest sack total of his career since his rookie year, while missing two games due to a Forrest Gump-style gunshot wound to the buttocks suffered on August 31,2003, outside of a Denver bar, just before the beginning of the season.
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Joey Porter bounced back in 2004 with the second Pro Bowl selection of his career.
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Joey Porter was selected the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance.
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Joey Porter finished the year with 53 tackles, seven sacks and an interception.
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Joey Porter had one of his best years in 2005 as his team went on to beat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL.
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Joey Porter was named to the third Pro Bowl of his career and the second in two years.
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Joey Porter recorded a sack in four of the team's first five games of the season.
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In what would be his final year as a member of the Steelers, Joey Porter recorded seven sacks on the year, six of them in three games against the Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and another half sack against the Cleveland Browns.
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Joey Porter finished the year with 55 tackles and seven sacks.
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Joey Porter was officially signed by the Dolphins on March 8,2007.
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Joey Porter received a five-year deal worth approximately $32 million.
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Joey Porter struggled during the 2007 season, recording only 5.5 sacks, his lowest total since 2003.
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Joey Porter started for the Dolphins at outside linebacker in 2009 and was named a team captain.
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The next week, Joey Porter was suspended for one game by Dolphins coach Tony Sparano for undisclosed reasons.
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On March 19,2010, Joey Porter signed a three-year, $24.5 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals, with $17.5 million in guaranteed money.
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On July 19,2012, Joey Porter announced he would retire from the NFL.
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Joey Porter had talked to Steelers owner Art Rooney II and general manager Kevin Colbert about signing a one-day contract so that he could retire as a Pittsburgh Steeler.
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On July 31,2013 Colorado State coach Jim McElwain announced that Joey Porter would join the Colorado State coaching staff; he would finish his degree.
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In February 2015, Joey Porter was promoted to outside linebackers coach under new defensive coordinator, Keith Butler.
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Joey Porter appeared to be arguing with a number of Bengals players, receiving a push from Bengals cornerback Adam Jones, drawing a 15-yard penalty against Cincinnati.
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Joey Porter was issued a reported $10,000 fine by the NFL for his actions on the field.
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On January 9,2017, Joey Porter was placed on administrative leave after being arrested the day prior.
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Joey Porter was reinstated to the coaching staff on January 13,2017, after a subsequent investigation by the District Attorney dropped more serious charges and left him with only summary offenses.
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Joey Porter was fired by the Steelers in January 2019 after his fourth season as the team's outside linebackers coach.
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Joey Porter was officially hired by the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL on September 13,2022, whose head coach is his former teammate Hines Ward.
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On March 28,2010, Joey Porter was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and assault on a California Highway Patrol officer.
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On December 24,2012, Joey Porter was freed from jail after three days for writing a bad check.
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Joey Porter paid $70,000 to cover the check to the Hard Rock Casino for "casino markers" given to him in June and July 2012.
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Also in 2012, again in Las Vegas, Joey Porter was accused of punching Levi Jones outside a casino, resulting in a $141,176 fine from the NFL.
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On January 8,2017, Joey Porter was arrested at The Flats On Southside, a bar in Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and initially charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct.
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Joey Porter was placed on leave the next day, but was reinstated a few days later when four of the six charges were dropped.