Tracy Porter | |
Number: | 87, 89 |
Position: | Wide receiver |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1959 |
Birth Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 196 |
High School: | Southern University Lab (LA) |
College: | LSU |
Draftyear: | 1981 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 99 |
Pastteams: | |
Statlabel1: | Receptions |
Statvalue1: | 79 |
Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
Statvalue2: | 1,161 |
Statlabel3: | Receiving touchdowns |
Statvalue3: | 3 |
Pfr: | PortTr00 |
Tracy Randolph Porter (born June 1, 1959) is an American social activist, entrepreneur and former football player. He played as a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions and Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League (NFL).[1]
Porter studied Business Administration at Louisiana State University in 1983. He played college football for the LSU Tigers. He now serves as the CEO of Premiere Solutions, a fleet-management company based in California.[2]
Porter is on the executive committee of the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity where he heads the national initiative to increase African-American diversity on company boards[3] and serves as the chairman of the board at the National Football League Alumni Association.[4]
He is not related to former New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter, although the younger Porter is a native of Port Allen, Louisiana, which sits on the opposite bank of the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge,, the elder Porter's hometown and home to LSU.