PRE-UC DAVIS: In three seasons and 26 games played, Porter racked up 52 total tackles, nine tackles for loss and one forced fumble ... 2024 All-Ivy League ... 2024 Phil Steele All-Ivy League.
SENIOR (2024): Had a career high 34 total tackles in 2024 and added six tackles for loss … Racked up six total tackles in Dartmouth’s comeback win at Yale on Oct. 12
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.
