What the Miami Hurricanes are getting in ex-West Virginia cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. – The Athletic

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — A week after entering his name in the transfer portal, former West Virginia starting cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. decided he’s staying home to play for the Miami Hurricanes and the same position coach he had as a college freshman.

The 5-foot-11, 185-pound sophomore, who has three years of eligibility left, started 13 games for the Mountaineers this past season, finishing fourth on the team with 46 tackles, while adding six pass breakups and an interception. His 716 snaps were fourth-most on the team.

Porter entered the portal on Feb. 16 and immediately was bombarded with Power 5 offers. He trimmed his list to Miami, Florida State, LSU and Oregon on Monday — schools where his father, a former NFL cornerback himself, trusted the coaching staff — before choosing the Hurricanes on Wednesday.

“There were about 17 teams that reached out to me and (Patrick) Surtain when he first entered the portal,” Daryl Porter Sr., the defensive coordinator at perennial Florida high school private school power Plantation American Heritage for the past 15 years, told The Athletic on Wednesday morning by phone. “(I told him) I didn’t want to do this recruiting again. We’ve got to find a fit. You’ve got to be able to say, ‘OK, can I play at these places?’ That’s the most important thing — along with academics, graduating and being able to enjoy your time in college. He knows how important school is to me. I graduated with two degrees (at Boston College). That is something super important. Football is extra to me. He is a junior in class. He’s ahead of the ballgame.