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Daniel Porter
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    195
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Plattsmouth, Neb.
  • High School:
    Plattsmouth High School
  • Position:
    K/P
  • fg
    9-11
  • pat
    45-52
  • pts
    72

Bio

General: Enters his fourth season with the team in 2015 … also a member of the DWU track and field team.

Junior (2014): Played in 11 games as a junior … punted the ball 66 times for 2,429 yards and averaged 36.8 yards per punt … with a season long punt of 75 yards against Northwestern …earned Special Teams GPAC Player-of-the-Week September 8.

Sophomore (2013): Played in all 11 games as a sophomore … punted the ball 62 times for 2,242 yards and averaged 36.2 yards per punt … placed the ball inside the 20-yard line 14 times … kicked off 61 times for 3,434 yards and averaged 56.3 yards per kick … went 31-for-40 on extra-point attempts and 5-for-10 on field goals and scored 46 points … also finished the year with eight tackles, including seven solo tackles.

Freshman (2012): Played in all 10 games as a true freshman … served as the team’s primary kicker … kicked off 45 times for 2,486 yards … averaged 55.2 yards per kick and had two touchbacks … also punted 11 times for 410 yards, including a long of 66 yards … finished third on the team in scoring with 36 points … went 27-for-32 in extra-point attempts and 3-for-10 on field-goal attempts with a long of 27 yards.

High School: A two-year starter and three-time letter winner … third on the team in scoring with 41 points as a senior … went 4-for-7 in field goals and 24-for-25 in extra points … punted the ball 19 times for 614 yards … scored 30 points as a junior … went 3-for-5 in field-goal attempts and 21-for-23 in extra points … punted the ball 19 times for 652 yards … part of two district titles … earned All-State, All-Metro Area and All-Conference Honorable Mention honors … named Academic All-Conference … also lettered three times in track and twice in basketball.

Personal: Born March 1, 1994 … son of Jim and Joyce Porter … a criminal justice and behavioral science double major.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21
  Total Conference
Field goals made 9 9
Field goal attempts 11 10
Field goal % 82% 90%
Field goal long 41 41
P-A-T made 45 38
P-A-T attempts 52 43
P-A-T % 87% 88%
Points 72 65

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 0 1 0 4 6 4
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 - - - 3 3 3
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 2 2 38 7 7 13
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 3 3 30 6 6 15
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 1 1 22 3 5 6
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 1 2 20 2 2 5
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 - - - 2 3 2
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 - - - 3 4 3
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 1 1 41 7 7 10
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 1 1 25 2 2 5
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 - - - 6 7 6

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 4 170 42.5 56 0 2 0 0
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 10 365 36.5 49 4 3 1 0
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 4 137 34.3 44 0 2 0 0
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 4 131 32.8 42 1 1 0 0
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 7 222 31.7 55 2 1 1 0
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 8 296 37.0 52 1 2 0 0
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 8 263 32.9 45 0 3 0 0
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 10 361 36.1 50 3 2 2 0
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 3 100 33.3 41 0 0 0 0
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 12 455 37.9 60 5 2 0 0
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 2 65 32.5 35 1 1 0 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 1 - - - - 0
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 1 - - - - 0
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 1 - - - - 0
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 1 - - - - 0
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 1 - - - - 0
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 1 - - - - 0
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 1 - - - - 0
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 1 - - - - 0
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 1 - - - - 0
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 1 - - - - 0
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 4 - - - - - - 4 0 0 0 0
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 0 0
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 13 - - - - - - 7 2 - 0 0
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 15 - - - - - - 6 3 - 0 0
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 6 - - - - - - 3 1 - 0 0
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0 0
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 2 - - - - - - 2 - - 0 0
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 0 0
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 10 - - - - - - 7 1 - 0 0
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0 0
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 6 - - - - - - 6 - - 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 29 at Dakota St. W, 40-27 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 5 at Ottawa University W, 23-22 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Briar Cliff (Iowa) W, 55-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Midland University W, 51-29 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Hastings W, 36-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Doane L, 42-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 Morningside College L, 76-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Northwestern (Iowa) W, 27-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Neb. Wesleyan W, 52-17 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 17-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Dordt W, 48-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2013-14 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 11 1 1 100.0% 4 0.4 4.0 0 0 4 133.6
2015-16 11 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 43 1 2 50.0% 4 0.1 2.0 0 0 4 66.8

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 10 1 -2 -0.2 -2.0 0 0 - -
2013-14 11 2 3 0.3 1.5 0 14 1 1
2014-15 11 1 5 0.5 5.0 0 5 - -
2015-16 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 43 4 6 0.1 1.5 0 14 1 1

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 10 - - - - - - -
2013-14 11 - - - - - - -
2014-15 11 - - - - - - -
2015-16 11 - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 10 3 10 30% 27 27 32 84% 36
2013-14 11 5 10 50% 30 31 40 78% 46
2014-15 11 0 8 0% 0 26 34 76% 26
2015-16 11 9 11 82% 41 45 52 87% 72
Total 43 17 39 44% 41 129 158 82% 180

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 10 11 410 37.3 66 5 0 1 0
2013-14 11 62 2242 36.2 79 14 11 4 1
2014-15 11 66 2429 36.8 75 20 7 4 0
2015-16 11 72 2565 35.6 60 17 19 4 0
Total 43 211 7646 36.2 79 56 37 13 1

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 10 -2 - - - -2 -.2
2013-14 11 3 - - - 3 .3
2014-15 11 5 - - - 5 .5
2015-16 11 - - - - 0 .0
Total 43 6 - - - 6 .1

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 36 3.6 0 - - - - - 27 3 0 0
2013-14 46 4.2 0 - - - - - 31 5 0 0
2014-15 26 2.4 0 - - - - - 26 0 0 0
2015-16 72 6.5 - - - - - - 45 9 0 0
Total 180 4.2 0 - - - - - 129 17 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 10 2 2 4.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013-14 11 7 1 8.0 .7 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014-15 11 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 11 2 0 2.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 43 13 3 16.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 11 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Conference 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 9 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Losses 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
August 1 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 11 - - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 7 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 9 - - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 11 - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 4 - - - - - - -
Away 7 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 9 - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - - - - - -
Month                
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 11 9 11 82% 41 45 52 87% 72
Conference 9 9 10 90% 41 38 43 88% 65
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 4 3 3 100% 41 14 17 82% 23
Away 7 6 8 75% 38 31 35 89% 49
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 9 8 9 89% 41 41 47 87% 65
Losses 2 1 2 50% 20 4 5 80% 7
Month                  
August 1 0 1 0% 0 4 6 67% 4
September 4 6 6 100% 38 19 21 90% 37
October 4 2 3 67% 41 14 16 88% 20
November 2 1 1 100% 25 8 9 89% 11

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 11 72 2565 35.6 60 17 19 4 0
Conference 9 58 2030 35.0 60 13 14 3 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 30 1040 34.7 60 7 6 1 0
Away 7 42 1525 36.3 56 10 13 3 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 9 56 2006 35.8 60 16 14 4 0
Losses 2 16 559 34.9 52 1 5 0 0
Month                  
August 1 4 170 42.5 56 0 2 0 0
September 4 25 855 34.2 55 7 7 2 0
October 4 29 1020 35.2 52 4 7 2 0
November 2 14 520 37.1 60 6 3 0 0

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 11 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 9 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 4 - - - - 0 .0
Away 7 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 9 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 2 - - - - 0 .0
Month              
August 1 - - - - 0 .0
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 72 6.5 - - - - - - 45 9 0 0
Conference 65 7.2 - - - - - - 38 9 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 23 5.8 - - - - - - 14 3 0 0
Away 49 7.0 - - - - - - 31 6 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 65 7.2 - - - - - - 41 8 0 0
Losses 7 3.5 - - - - - - 4 1 0 0
Month                        
August 4 4.0 - - - - - - 4 0 0 0
September 37 9.3 - - - - - - 19 6 0 0
October 20 5.0 - - - - - - 14 2 0 0
November 11 5.5 - - - - - - 8 1 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 11 2 0 2.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 9 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 7 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 9 2 0 2.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
August 1 1 0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Photos

Daniel Porter action photo 1
Dakota Wesleyan vs. Dakota St.

8/29/2015 6:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 2
Dakota Wesleyan vs. Dakota St.

8/29/2015 6:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 3
Dakota Wesleyan vs. Briar Cliff (Iowa)

9/12/2015 1:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 4
Dakota Wesleyan vs. Briar Cliff (Iowa)

9/12/2015 1:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 5
Hastings vs. Dakota Wesleyan

9/26/2015 1:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 6
Hastings vs. Dakota Wesleyan

9/26/2015 1:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 7
Morningside College vs. Dakota Wesleyan

10/17/2015 1:00 PM CDT

Daniel Porter action photo 8
Neb. Wesleyan vs. Dakota Wesleyan

10/31/2015 1:00 PM CDT