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The University of Mississippi Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Sep 13 (Sat)
6:00 PM
John Porchivina
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 215
- Hometown:
- Novato, Calif.
- High School:
- Casa Grande
- Prev. College:
- Cal
- Major:
- Exercise Science
| ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
| • Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021) |
2022 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Played in all 13 games for the Rebels on special teams.
2022 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): vs. Troy (9/3/22): Saw five snaps of action playing on the Rebels’ kick coverage unit ... vs. Central Arkansas (9/10/22): Subbed in at linebacker and on special teams for the team, but finished with no official stats ... at Georgia Tech (9/17/22): Checked in on special teams for the Rebels, playing primarily on the team’s kickoff unit ... vs. Tulsa (9/24/22): Played on special teams in the team’s 35-27 win ... vs. Kentucky (10/1/22): Rotated in on special teams for the Rebels ... at Vanderbilt (10/8/22): Appeared on the Rebel kick return and kick coverage teams ... vs. Auburn (10/15/22): Saw all of his playing time come on special teams for the Rebels ... at LSU (10/22/22): Saw action on multiple special teams units ... at Texas A&M (10/29/22): Checked in on the Rebel kick return unit ... vs. Mississippi State (11/24/22): Logged a total of nine snaps of action for the Rebels playing on the team’s kick return and punt return units ... Switched from running back to linebacker at the start of spring drills.
2021 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Did not see any action and was redshirted ... Non-scholarship player who joined team during spring drills.
CAL: Was a member of the 2014 Cal team ... Did not see any action and was redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit according to 247Sports Composite and ESPN ... Earned honorable mention honors at the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Combine ... Combined for 2,332 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns, as well as 32 catches for 437 yards receiving and seven TDs ... Registered 3,508 all-purpose yards (2,332 rush, 437 receiving, 503 kick return, 140 punt return, 96 interception return) during his two prep seasons ... Added 136 tackles, 20.0 tackles for loss, 13.0 sacks and three interceptions ... Earned North Bay League Back of the Year as well San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro and Sonoma County and Redwood Empire Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior ... Also lettered in basketball and baseball ... Coached by Trent Herzog.
PERSONAL: Son of Rudy and Deborah Porchivina ... Full name is John Ryan Porchivina ... Born Nov. 3, 1994 ... Served four years in the United States Marine Corps as a machine gunner ... Father, Rudy, Porchivina played baseball for San Jose State ... Played youth baseball, basketball and Pop Warner football with Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall 2021 ... Exercise science major.
