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PlayerDarien Porter · CB, Las Vegas Raiders, Model Score 67.7Be the Raiders GM

Darien Porter

Las Vegas Raiders
Pos CB
Updated October 8, 2026
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Model Score

67.7 MODEL
Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Rookie tier 8 (#64) for a 68th overall 3rd-round pick is on the year-one band for Day 2 CB prospects. The Iowa State Big 12 2024 First-Team All-Big-12 honors plus the structural Raiders anchor role gives him real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Porter crosses into tier 6-7 territory in his year-two jump or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Porter came out of Iowa State as the Las Vegas Raiders' 3rd-round pick (68th overall) in 2025 after earning 2024 First-Team All-Big-12 honors. The Raiders used him in the CB rotation as a rookie. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 8 (#64), the year-one developmental band for 3rd-round CB prospects.

Strengths

  • Iowa State Big 12 2024 First-Team All-Big-12 honors plus the 68th overall draft slot gives him real college foundation.
  • Year-one rotational reps for the Raiders at age 22 plus the structural anchor reps gives him the developmental runway.

Concerns

  • Rookie tier 8 (#64) is on the year-one band for 3rd-round CB picks but below the breakout-tier expectations.
  • Las Vegas's broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year rebuild compresses the structural support around Porter.

What to watch: Whether Porter crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the standard year-two threshold for 3rd-round CB picks on stable-starter trajectories.

Comps

Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Shakial Taylor62%Richard Sherman55%Julius Brents52%

Darien Porter Injury StatusNot listed

Darien Porter is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 3, pick 68 · Las Vegas Raiders · 2025
Iowa State (Big 12)
Taken
#68
where he actually went
Consensus board
63rd
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#1386
among CB in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2022-2024 · 37 games
3 INT, 6 pass breakups, 43 tackles, 2 TFL

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
9.99
RAS
4.3s
40 yd
36"
Vertical
131"
Broad
6.71s
3-cone
4.04s
Shuttle
What this pick usually becomes

Of the 410 players taken as a third-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 51% earned a second contract and 39% became starters. The median one started 21 career games.

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