University of Connecticut Athletics
2026 Football Spring Roster

Shamar Porter
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- 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 … Season totals of eighteen receptions for 234 yards and one touchdown … Logged a season-high fifty-eight receiving yards on two receptions with one receiving touchdown vs. Florida Atlantic on Nov. 22, with a season-long fifty-six-yard catch … Season-high three receptions vs. Syracuse on Sept. 6 (twenty-three yards) … Season-high three receptions at Buffalo on Sept. 27 (twenty-four yards) … Season-high forty-one receiving yards on two receptions vs. Air Force on Nov. 15, with a long of thirty-one yards … Season-high thirty-three receiving yards on one reception vs. Ball State on Sept. 20 (long of thirty-three yards) … One catch for fifteen yards at Delaware on Sept. 13 … One catch for ten yards at Boston College on Oct. 18 … Did not record a reception vs. Duke on Nov. 8 … One catch for six yards in the season opener vs. Central Connecticut on Aug. 30 … One catch for six yards vs. Army West Point on Dec. 27
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.










