1982-1986

and thought her brother would like it. His high school coach, GarPRisher is also an ECJC graduate and he as well thought he would like it. Porter himself wanted to go for football and he is contented a t ECJC. As noted he is listed a t tight end. Here's the story. He played at that position for two weeks, through the two-a-days. But he thought he could play defense. 0 day not so long ago ECJC coach A . J . Kilpatrick decided let the players play where they wanted for a chang Porter played defensive end and must have impresseu the coach. "The next day he wanted me to start playing defensive end," Porter said. The 6-foot-4 200-pounder does want to play at a four-year school. The school mentioned is quite naturally Mississippi State. "They have a real good engineeri, program," Porter said. Games like last Saturday sure aren't hurting Porter's chances of reaching such a goa

to 1-9and 3-7. "A lot of seniors quit my junior and senior years," Porter said. On the offense side he played at fullback and tight end. On the defense side he roamed a t tackle, linebacker, and end. He also did the kickoff and extra point honors. Needless to say, he was knowlegeable of the game before arriving at ECJC. Another thing Porter is knowlegeable at is books. At Morton he had a 97 average. He attended many academic contests on ECJC's campus. His major is Petroleum Engineering, not one of your run-of-the-mill majors. When asked what he did in his spare time he said, "what spare time." He is taking 17 hours and it's all he can do to go to class and pratice. While not hitting the books or other players he enjoys hunting and three wheeling. Porter had a few people wanting him to attend ECJC, h' ister for one, and his high school coaching staff for a ler. Porter's sister graduated from ECJC last year

.. %

Bryan Murphy

DECATUR - Carl Porter is listed on the East Central Junior College football team a s playing tight end. For the present forget that. Porter went in on the third play last Thursday night at defensive end against Copiah-Lincoln and was one of the key reasons why ECJC broke its 11-game losing streak, winning 16-10. Porter had four solo quarterback sacks, recovered two fumbles and caused two more. A good start for a freshmen. He played only sparingly in the Warriors ener, handling the kicking chores on kickoffs. During his high school days he was all over the field, playing both ways for Morton High. It was a case of having to. Porter explained Morton wasn't to good, especially his junior and senior years a s MHS fell from 8-3