Jontay Porter
| No. 11 – Missouri Tigers | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | Southeastern Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 15, 1999 Columbia, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 236 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College | Missouri (2017–present) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Jontay Porter (born November 15, 1999) is an American basketball player at the University of Missouri. Porter was previously listed as a recruit under the Class of 2018 before reclassifying up a year to join his older brother, Michael Porter Jr., up in Missouri.
High school career
Much like his older brother Michael, Jontay started out his high school career playing under the Father Tolton Regional Catholic High School in their home town of Columbia, Missouri. In his freshman year, he averaged 11.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game for Father Tolton before being a key figure in helping them win the Missouri Class 3 State Championship for the first time in 54 years during his sophomore season. In his junior year of high school, Jontay and Michael would move to Seattle, Washington after his father earned an assistant coaching job at the University of Washington for their basketball team. During Jontay and Michael's time at Nathan Hale High School, the brothers would be coached by former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy, who would help lead the squad to a perfect 29–0 record and the Washington Class 3A State Championship. Under the coaching of Roy, Porter would average a double-double of 14.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game for Nathan Hale High School, thus earning a name for himself alongside his older brother.
Porter was previously a recruit under the Class of 2018, with him being ranked as high as 11th overall by ESPN at one point.[1] However, after his father was hired as an assistant coach for the University of Missouri, his older brother changed his commitment from the University of Washington to his hometown University of Missouri, and Brandon Roy changed coaching positions from Nathan Hale to Garfield High School, Jontay would reclassify himself into the Class of 2017 alongside his brother, joining his family out at the University of Missouri. Between his time preparing for his transfer from high school into college, Porter would gain two more inches to his body, thus allowing him to play as a power forward, with center being a viable possibility as well.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Jontay Porter PF |
Columbia, MO | Nathan Hale High School (WA) | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | May 22, 2017 | |
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 12 ESPN: 25 | ||||||
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College career
Missouri (2017–present)
Porter would make his season debut on November 10, 2017 in a 74–59 win over Iowa State University. During that game, his older brother would get injured, thus leaving him out of commission for most of the season. During this time, Jontay would showcase more of an opportunity for himself moving forward throughout the season. Three days after his debut, he would record 11 points and 8 rebounds in a blowout 99–55 win over Wagner University. One week later, Porter would record his first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a 67–62 win over Emporia State University. During Missouri's next two games, Porter would record (at the time) season-highs of 15 and 16 points in wins over Long Beach State University and St. John's University, with the first game also having him a then-season-high 4 blocks as well. On November 26, Porter would record a season-high 5 blocks in an 83–79 loss to West Virginia University; that feat would be repeated twice during the season. On January 3, 2018, Porter would record a new season-high of 19 points in a 79–68 win over South Carolina University. Three days later, Porter put up a season-high 6 assists in a loss to the University of Florida.
On January 10, Porter would showcase his first start of the season for Missouri, recording a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds in a 68–56 win over the University of Georgia.[2] Porter would continue starting for the team during the next five games before returning to being a bench player for the rest of the season. On February 6, he would record a double-double of 18 points and a season-high 13 rebounds in a win over Ole Miss. On February 27, Porter would put up what might have been his best game of the season for Missouri with a season-high 24 points to go with a team-leading 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a 74–66 win over Vanderbilt University. During the last two game of the regular season (which would be in the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament), Jontay would be reunited with his older brother and play together in their losses to the University of Georgia and #9 seed Florida State University respectively. During the penultimate game of the season, he would reach 20 points for the second time in his college tenure. In his last game of the season, he would also start for Missouri in the NCAA Tournament. On April 5, Porter announced he would enter the 2018 NBA Draft alongside his brother. However, unlike Michael Porter Jr., he would enter the draft without hiring an agent first, thus allowing him the possibility to return to Missouri for another year if he so chooses.[3] On the May 30 draft day deadline, Porter decided to return to Missouri instead of entering the NBA Draft early.
College statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Missouri | 33 | 7 | 24.5 | .437 | .364 | .750 | 6.8 | 2.2 | .8 | 1.7 | 9.9 |