Tracy Porter (wide receiver)
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | June 1, 1959||||||
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College: | LSU | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 4 / Pick: 99 | ||||||
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Tracy Randolph Porter (born June 1, 1959) is a social activist, entrepreneur and former American football wide receiver. He played 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.[2] 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 defensive back 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.
References[]
- ^ "Tracy Porter NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ a b "No Limits". LSU Foundation magazine.
- ^ Staff writers (July 30, 2020). "The Equilar Diversity Network Announces Groundbreaking Executive and Board Ethnicity Data Campaign" (Press release). Bloomberg.
- ^ "NFL Alumni Adds Two Members to New Business Strategy Committee" (Press release). Globe Newswire. December 12, 2019.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- American football wide receivers
- Detroit Lions players
- Baltimore Colts players
- Indianapolis Colts players
- LSU Tigers football players