Rookie RB Porter Is Worth Cheering For

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Forced to sit out of football his first year at Stillman College as a partial qualifier under NCAA rules, Quinn Porter wanted to find some way to stay close to the team. Be around it, still get to know the players and coaches, maybe learn some plays, all of that.

But he didn't become a team manager, a statistician, or a towel or water boy, though any of those would make a good story, too, now that five years later Porter is fighting for a roster spot as a non-drafted rookie running back for the Green Bay Packers.

No, Porter took a route for which he took some ridicule, and earned a less-than-flattering nickname that stuck for a while. But he has no regrets.

He became a cheerleader. Well, he prefers the term stuntman, because he insists that he stood with his hands behind his back and didn't do any clapping or cheering like the rest of the Stillman squad. But he did entertain the crowds with backflips, roundoffs, and other stunts like hoisting two female che..

Source: Packers.com