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2025 (Senior): Played in all 13 games on the defensive line ... Wrapped up season with 31 total tackles, 22 solo tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, one forced fumble and blocked kick ... Posted six tackles (five solo), with 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks against Weber State (Sept. 27) ... Found the quarterback and added four tackles to go along with one sack against Northern Arizona (Oct. 11) ... At Idaho (Nov. 8) made two tackles with one sack.

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.