- Quinton Porter
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*Houston Texans (2006)
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nfl=POR363947Quinton George Porter (born
December 28 ,1982 inPortland, Maine ) is anAmerican football quarterback who recently signed with theHamilton Tiger-Cats of theCanadian Football League . He was on thepractice squad for theCarolina Panthers of theNational Football League . He was originally signed by theHouston Texans as anundrafted free agent in 2006. He played collegiately at Boston College.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 playedbasketball and was a member of theNational Honor Society .In
2000 , his senior year in high school, he won separate honors as Maine's top high school athlete in awards sponsored byUSA Today andGatorade . 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.Boston College
Porter accepted a scholarship from
Boston College and saw action as a backup in2001 and2002 . 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.
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 theOctober 27 game againstVirginia 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 ofMichael 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 theMPC 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.
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 theCologne Centurions of NFL Europe in the spring of2007 . He was released by the TexansAugust 26 , 2007.Carolina Panthers
After a
Jake Delhomme injury that leftDavid Carr and Matt Moore as the only healthy quarterbacks on the Panthers' roster. Porter was signed to Carolina's practice squad onSeptember 26 , 2007.Hamilton Tiger Cats
On May 14, 2008, the Hamilton Tiger Cats announced the signing of Porter. 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 toCasey Printers . He was moved up to the second string again for the September 12 game by new head coachMarcel Bellefeuille . [http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/434013] Porter made his first start on September 27, 2008. Porter was sacked ten times by theBC Lions defense and went 14-of-27 for 144 yards with two interceptions in a 40-10 loss. [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2008/09/28/cfl-ham-bc.html] 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 [cite news|url=http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=251939|title=Tiger-Cats' Porter among CFL Players of the Week|date=2008-10-08|publisher=TSN.ca|accessdate=2008-10-08] as well as the team's unexpected victory over the East's first place team, theMontreal Alouettes , and seems to have solidified his position as the number one quarterback on the Ti-Cats roster. [cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/445858|title=Porter assumes Ticat QB throne|last=Milton|first=Steve|date=2008-10-06|publisher=The Hamilton Spectator|accessdate=2008-10-06]References
External links
* [http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/porter_quinton00.html Official Boston College profile]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/acc/2005-09-13-boston-college-porter_x.htm USA Today: Redshirting pays big for BC QB]
* [http://www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2003/10/16/Sports/Quinton.Porter.Finds.Sanctuary.On.The.Field.After.His.Fathers.Death.This.Summer-530035.shtml?norewrite200611271554&sourcedomain=www.dailyorange.com Daily Orange (BC): Porter finds sanctuary on field after loss of father]
* [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/sports/local/stories/061217porter.html Maine Sunday Telegram: Portland QB Gets Shot With Texans]
* [http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=237727&lid=sublink05&lpos=headlines_main TSN: Ticats ink import QB porter]
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