Sean
Porter.
Sean
Porter.
Texas A&M· 6'1"· 229 lb· 4.75s 40
The Bengals run a 4-2-5 nickel defense emphasizing versatility, zone concepts, and the ability to cover, often aligning players to prevent explosive plays.
Initially, a core special teams player who can develop into a rotational cover linebacker, eventually competing for a starting weak-side linebacker role.
A traditional 3-4 two-gap defense where he would be asked to consistently take on and shed offensive linemen in the run game.
Porter's coverage skills and athletic profile are a strong match for the Bengals' defensive philosophy, which values linebackers who can run and cover in space.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.75sp50
- Vertical
- 35inp50
- Broad jump
- 119inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- 22repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Texas A&M | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.