Shamar Porter

Position:
Wide Receiver
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Nashville, TN
High School:
Ensworth HS
Prev School:
Kentucky

2025 (R-Sophomore Season): Played in all 12 games during the 2025 season… Totaled 17 receptions for 228 yards… Scored one receiving touchdown… Season-high 58 receiving yards and one touchdown against Florida Atlantic… Recorded a 56-yard reception in the same game… Caught three passes for 24 yards against Buffalo… Notched 41 receiving yards on two catches against Air Force… Season-long reception of 33 yards against Ball State… Contributed three receptions for 23 yards against Syracuse… Registered a 15-yard catch against Delaware.

2024 (R-Freshman Season): Saw action in 12 games during his first season in Storrs...recorded a total of six receptions for 113 yards and three touchdowns...season-high 42 receiving yards and a touchdown on two receptions against Merrimack (Sept. 7)...notched a touchdown and 33 yards on one catch versus Fla. Atlantic (Sept. 21)...scored a touchdown with a six-yard reception in victory at UAB (Nov. 9)...season-long 39-yard catch came in the game against Merrimack...played against Buffalo (Sept. 28), recording a 17-yard catch.

Prior to UConn: Transfers to UConn and will have four years of eligibility remaining…Comes to Storrs from the University of Kentucky…Used his redshirt season in 2023…Chose Kentucky over Georgia, Tennessee and Ole Miss…Was a four-star wide receiver by 247 Sports and On3.com…Ranked as the No. 29 wide receiver in the country and No. 5 in Tennessee according to the On3 Consensus…Was named first-team All-State after totaling 32 catches for 557 yards and a team-high 10 touchdowns in 10 games as a senior at Ensworth HS…Earned U.S. Army Bowl All-America honors…Named to the 2022 Division II-AAA West All-Region Team.