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2025 NIU Football Roster

24 Elijah Porter

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 202
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Position Running Back
  • Hometown Ankeny, Iowa
  • High School Centennial

Biography

2024

  • Did not see any game action during redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL 

Honors and Awards 

  • Two-year varsity letterwinner (2022, 2023) 

  • Two-time team captain (2022,2023)  

  • Team MVP (2023) 

  • A First Team All-Conference player as a senior (2023) 

  • Earned First Team All-State honors from Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA)  

  •  Des Moines Register All-District First Team (2023)  

  • Invited to play in the Shrine Bowl 

  • Received Second Team All-Conference recognition as a junior (2022)  

  • Selected First Team Academic All-State (2023) 

Individual Stats 

  • 2023: Gained 1,370 all-purpose yards 

  • 2022: Totaled 997 all-purpose yards; 116 carries for 766 yards, 10 touchdowns 

  • 2022: Caught 22 passes for 227 yards and one TD 

Team Results/Record 

  • 2023: 7-5, advanced to semifinals of state 5A playoffs 

  • 2022: 5-5, first round of playoffs 

Academic and Club/Sport Involvement 

  • Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes 

  • Served as a mentor in local elementary school 

  • Earned varsity letters as a sprinter for the track & field team  

  • Named Sprinter of the Year for track & field team.  


PERSONAL

  • Majoring in computer science.

  • Brother of NIU defensive back Trey Porter. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2024Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2025Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 202 lbs
    24