HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RECRUITING

Porter picks UF

Deiondre Porter, Jefferson 2014 QB

TAMPA —
A weekend visit to Gainesville was enough to convince Deiondre Porter that Florida was the program for him.

Porter, who accounted for over 4,500 all-purpose yards and 53 touchdowns this season for Jefferson, picked the Gators over his final list of schools – Miami, UCF and USF – during BHSN’s “High School Scoreboard” show on Monday night.- BHSN

Porter was the Big County Preps 2013 Player of the Year, previously committed to South Florida for the entire 2013 season, Porter flipped to Gainesville after a recent offer and official visit. Jefferson head football coach, Jeremy Earle had this to say about Porter: “He is a special talent who dominated on the field, thrived at competition and demanded excellence from teammates. Deiondre’s performance this year will be difficult to ever surpass.”

Porter concludes his high school career completing 60% of his passes for 7365 yards, 77 passing TDs, 2035 rush yards and 27 TDs. This season he was #1 in our area in pass yards and passing TDs. He was #4 in rushing yards and rushing TDs. Porter accounted for 95% of Jefferson’s passing yards and 54% of the Dragon’s rushing yards.