Jerry Porter (football player)

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Jerry Porter (football player)
Date of birth	July 14, 1978
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
Position(s)	WR
College	West Virginia
Statistics	NFL.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
2000-Present	Oakland Raiders

Jerry Porter (born July 14, 1978 in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional football player. He attended West Virginia.

1 High School Years
2 Pro career
- 2.1 2006 troubles
3 External links
- 3.1 References

[edit] High School Years

Porter attended Coolidge High School in Washington D.C., and was a star in football, basketball, baseball, and track. In football, he was a Blue Chip All-American selection and also won All-State honors.

[edit] Pro career

Porter was drafted in 2000 during the second round by the Oakland Raiders. For five years Porter was looked to as a third receiver behind Tim Brown and Jerry Rice. In 2005, Porter moved up the ladder becoming second string quarterbacks Kerry Collins' main wide receiver after the Raiders let both Rice and Brown go. After the 2004 season, the Raiders re-signed Porter to be the secondary receiver behind Randy Moss.

[edit] 2006 troubles

Entering the 2006 season, Porter publicly voiced his dissatisfaction with newly hired head coach Art Shell, and during training camp, demanded to be traded. In addition to his public complaints, he reportedly parked in owner Al Davis's personal parking spot.^[1] As a result of his attitude, Coach Shell deactivated him "until further notice".^[2]

During his suspension, Porter was reportedly seen "laughing and pumping his fist" on the sidelines when teammate Aaron Brooks was sacked for the 7th time by the San Diego Chargers. ^[3] He later denied these allegations, saying that he wasn't paying attention to the game and was interacting with fans in the seats. ^[4]

Having still not played in a game in 2006, Porter was officially suspended/inactivated without pay for four games (the maximum allowable) by Coach Shell on October 15 for "conduct detrimental to the team" after he made disparaging and disrespectful remarks during a regular team practice.^[5] When the suspension was announced the NFL Players Association field a grievance on Porters behalf, and the Raiders reduced the suspension to two games on the 25th and he was allowed to return to practice.^[6]He dressed for and played in his first game of 2006 on October 29 - a Raiders home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers - during which he recorded one catch for 19 yards.^[7]