Upcoming Event: Football versus New Hampshire on September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Football
vs New Hampshire
Football
vs New Hampshire
Football
at Central Connecticut State
Scout Team Award (2021 team award)
JUNIOR (2023)
Saw action in eight games, tallying 10 tackles (five solo) with a forced fumble … had a solo tackle in the home-opening win against Lehigh … finished with three tackles, including a tackle-for-loss, and forced fumble in the Ivy League opener at Penn … tallied a solo tackle and tackle-for-loss vs. Yale … had one tackle at Colgate and two tackles at No. 23 Harvard … recorded two tackles in the season finale at Brown, as the Big Green clinched a share of the Ivy League title.
SOPHOMORE (2022)
Reserve on the defensive line contributed eight tackles in his eight games on the field … first-career tackle came against New Hampshire … came up with three stops the following week in the 27-24 win at Columbia … posted a season-high four tackles — three on consecutive plays — at Princeton, including one for a 1-yard loss.
FIRST-YEAR (2021)
Provided depth on the defensive line and earned the team’s Scout Team Award on defense.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letter winner at powerhouse Penn Hills in Pittsburgh prior to attending prep school Worcester Academy … team won the state title in his junior campaign … All-WPIAL 5A Conference first team selection … originally chose Dartmouth over West Virginia Wesleyan and Lake Erie before taking a post-grad year … National Honor Society … class president.
PERSONAL
Full name is Derrell L. Smith-Porter … born on May 7, 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Bryan Porter and Denita Smith … has two brothers and two sisters … likely economics major with an eye on a business or marketing career … employs meditation.