Biography CAREER HONORS • 2020-22 First Team Academic All-Big 12 2022: Played in all 14 games as a reserve wide receiver and as a core special teams player... Led the Wildcats with nine special teams tackles, including seven on kickoff coverage... Had two tackles in the Big 12 Championship against TCU and the Sugar Bowl against Alabama in addition to the regular-season matchup at TCU... Blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown in the season opener against South Dakota... Returned a kickoff 26 yards in the Big 12 Championship... Hauled in one reception for seven yards against Missouri... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. 2021: Saw action in 12 games, primarily on special teams... Played as a reserve wide receiver in K-State’s win over LSU in the Texas Bowl... Returned a kickoff 11 yards against West Virginia... Picked up First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades. 2020: Played in nine games on special teams and as a reserve wide receiver... Blocked a punt against Texas Tech, the third blocked punt by the Wildcats in as many games to open the season... Had a one-yard rush on a jet sweep against Oklahoma State, while he returned a kickoff 24 yards against the Cowboys... Tallied a tackle on punt coverage against Texas... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. 2019: Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams... Saw time in the Bowling Green game as a reserve wide receiver, hauling in a 12-yard pass and rushing once for eight yards. 2018: Redshirted... A co-winner of the team’s Red Raider Award as the top contributor on the scout squad. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Clear Springs under head coach Randall Garlington... A second team all-district safety in 2017 who accumulated 134 tackles, four interceptions and 18 pass breakups during his career... Also played soccer, earning all-district accolades. PERSONAL: Seth Porter was born June 11, 1999, in Clear Lake, Texas... Son of Mark Porter and Amy Thompson, both of whom attended K-State... Father, Mark, was a kicker for the Wildcats from 1985 to 1988... Has four siblings, Seth, Brook Thompson, Kayson Shelton and Madison Shelton... Younger brother, Shane, is also a wide receiver for the Wildcats... Obtained his undergraduate degree from K-State in communication studies in May 2022 and his certificate in sports performance coaching in May 2023.
