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Penn State CB Joey Porter Jr. to skip bowl game, enter draft

Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is skipping his team's bowl game and has declared for the 2023 NFL draft on Wednesday.

Porter is ranked as Todd McShay's No. 18 prospect in his latest draft rankings and the No. 3 corner behind Georgia's Kelee Ringo and Oregon's Christian Gonzalez.

He was named as a third-team All-Big Ten in his redshirt freshman season in 2020 as well as his redshirt sophomore season in 2021. On Tuesday, Porter was named as a first team All-Big Ten selection for his performance in 2022.