2023 Football Roster

November 2, 2024, West Lafayette, IN: A game between Northwestern Football and Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN on Saturday, November 2, 2024. (Photo by Griffin Quinn/Northwestern Athletics)
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November 23, 2024, Ann Arbor, MI: A game between Northwestern Football and Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday, November 23, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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September 6, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Duke at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL on Friday, September 6, 2024. (Photo by Griffin Quinn/Northwestern Athletics)
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Cam Porter
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Northwestern running back Cam Porter carries the ball against UTEP.
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2021 Media Day
Cam Porter Illinois
July 24, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Football internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Monday, July 24, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 4

Cam Porter

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    220
  • Position:
    RB
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • High School:
    LaSalle

2024 Graduate Student:
Appeared in 11 games and started 10, tallying a team-high 126 carries for 501 yards (4.0 ypc) and a career-best six rushing touchdowns, while catching 23 passes for 174 receiving yards ... Served as a team captain for the second-straight season and was named Academic All-Big Ten ... His six rushing touchdowns were the most by a Wildcat in a single season since Evan Hull totaled seven in 2021 ... Registered 63 yards on 13 rushing attempts in a win against Miami (Ohio) to open the season (8/31) ... Recorded season-highs of 16 carries for 94 rushing yards (5.9 ypc) and two touchdowns while hauling in three receptions for 27 yards against Duke, marking the third two-touchdown game of his career (9/6) ... Posted a game-high 77 rushing yards on 15 carries (5.1 ypc) with one rushing touchdown in a win over Eastern Illinois (9/14) ... Found the end zone with a rushing touchdown in games against Indiana (10/5) and Maryland (10/11) ... Tallied 48 rushing yards and 13 receiving yards vs. Wisconsin (10/19) ... Ran for 50 yards on 13 carries, both team-highs, against Iowa (10/26) ... Hauled in eight catches for 85 yards (both career highs) while adding a rushing touchdown in a win over Purdue (11/2) … His eight receptions were the most by a Wildcat running back since Evan Hull (8) vs. Southern Illinois on Sept. 17, 2022 ... Logged a team-high 37 rushing yards against Ohio State (11/16) ... Finished the season with a team-high 53 rushing yards on 12 carries vs. Illinois (11/30).

2023 Senior:
Started in all 13 games, recording a team-leading 651 rushing yards (3.9 ypc) on 166 carries, and a team-leading four rushing touchdowns, while also notching 21 receptions for 121 yards and a receiving touchdown ... Served as a team captain and was named Academic All-Big Ten ... Ranked seventh in the Big Ten in plays from scrimmage (187), ninth in rush attempts and 13th in rushing yards ... Notched a season-high four receptions for 26 yards in the season opener at Rutgers (9/3) ... Rushed 17 times for a game-high 90 yards against UTEP (9/9) ... Turned 16 carries into 56 yards and scored a touchdown on a 1-yard plunge to help beat Minnesota (9/23) ... Tallied 18 carries and a game-high 78 rushing yards in a win over Howard (10/7) ... Ran for a touchdown and caught a touchdown reception in the same game for the first time in his career in a win over Maryland (10/28) … Registered his second career multi-touchdown game and his first since 2020 ... Ran for a game-high 72 yards on 18 carries in a win at Wisconsin (11/11) … Had 45 rushing yards by the end of the first quarter ... Turned 17 carries into a season-high 95 yards and two touchdowns in win versus Purdue (11/18) … Became the first Wildcat to record two rushing touchdowns in the same game since Evan Hull against Ohio on Sept. 25, 2021 ... Posted 69 rushing yards on 16 carries in a win at Illinois (11/25) ... Led the team with 33 rushing yards in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Utah (12/23).

2022 Junior:
Appeared in all 12 games, recording 87 carries for 286 rushing yards (3.3 ypc) and two touchdowns ... Also added seven receptions for 50 yards (7.1 ypc) ... Ranked second on the team in rushing yards ... Rushed for a season-high 94 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries in a win over Nebraska (8/27) ... Scored on a 3-yard rush in the third quarter, his first touchdown since returning from a knee injury that forced him to miss the entire 2021 season ... Dating back to the 2020 season, he registered a rushing touchdown in five straight games ... Posted 13 yards rushing on 11 carries against Duke (9/10) ... Rushed for 40 yards on 11 carries and hauled in one reception for three yards against Southern Illinois (9/17) ... Turned in 42 rushing yards and a touchdown on seven carries against Miami (OH) (9/24) ... Recorded a season-long 27-yard rush, the second-longest by a Wildcat on the season ... Hauled in one reception for 15 yards and rushed for two yards against Wisconsin (10/8) ... Rushed for 11 yards on four carries against Maryland (10/22) ... Turned in 50 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards against Ohio State (11/5) ... Posted 29 yards rushing on 11 carries along with seven receiving yards against Purdue (11/19).

2021 Sophomore:
Doak Walker Award Watch List ... Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten (Fourth Team) ... Missed the 2021 season with a season-ending injury suffered in preseason

2020 First-Year:
Finished as team rushing leader as a true first-year ... Posted a career-high 25 rushing yards on just two carries against Maryland (10/24) ... Brought in a career-high two receptions for 12 yards (also a career-best) against Wisconsin (11/21) ... Rushed for first-career touchdown at Michigan State (11/28) ... Recorded a career-high 142 rushing yards vs. Illinois (12/12) ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Dec. 14 ... Made first-career start and scored a touchdown in Big Ten Championship vs. Ohio State (12/19) ... Recorded a career-high 33 carries and scored a touchdown in Citrus Bowl victory over Auburn (1/1/21) ... Became the first Wildcat to score a touchdown in four consecutive games since Clayton Thorson in 2017.

High School:
Three-star prospect committed to Northwestern on December 8, 2018 ... 42nd-ranked running back in the nation and 14th-ranked player in Ohio (247Sports) ... Four-year letter winner and two-time team captain ... Helped LaSalle win the 2016 and 2019 Division 2 State Championships ... Scored three touchdowns and earned player of the game in the 2019 Ohio Division 2 state championship ... Finished prep career with 2,285 yards rushing, 690 yards receiving and 34 touchdowns ... Twice named GCL Running Back of the Year (2017, '18) ... Three-time First-Team All-GCL honoree (2017, '18, '19) ... Named the Co-GCL Player of the Year, earned First-team All-GCL, First-Team All-City, First-Team All-Southwest Ohio and First-Team All-Ohio as a senior ... Max Preps Second-Team All-State ... Attended the same high school as former Wildcats Jordan Thompson and Jeremy Larkin ... Chose Northwestern over offers from Cincinnati, Iowa, Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota and Purdue ... Anticipated major is business.

Football - Western Illinois at Northwestern Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Football - 'Cats Roll Western Illinois, 42-7 in Home Opener (9/5/25)
Saturday, September 06
Football - Week 2 Monday Press Conference (9/1/25)
Monday, September 01
Football - Northwestern at Tulane Postgame Press Conference (8/30/25)
Saturday, August 30