Completed Event: Football at Penn on October 4, 2025 , Loss , 24, to, 36
Final

Football
at Penn
24
36
Scout Team Award (2021 team award)
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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.
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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.
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FIRST-YEAR (2021)
Provided depth on the defensive line and earned the team’s Scout Team Award on defense.
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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.
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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.
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