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Ashton Porter
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 280
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cy Ranch HS
- Prev School:
- Oregon
Prior to UH
High School
- Spent three seasons at Oregon
- 25 career tackles 3 TFLs, 1.5 sacks
- Played in all 15 games in 2025
- Tallied 20 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, one sack and one pass breakup in 2025
- Single-game high 5 tackles at Rutgers (10/18/25)
- Six multi-tackle games in 2025
- Two 70+ defense grades in 2025
- 70+ grades in all 10 games recording a tackle
High School
- Four-star prospect (247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and in the 247Sports composite)
- Top-300 player nationally by Rivals (No. 248) and ESPN (No. 266)
- Top-350 player in the 247Sports composite (No. 329)
- No. 23 strong side defensive end by Rivals
- No. 42 defensive end by ESPN
- No. 44 defensive lineman by 247Sports
- No. 41 player in Texas by ESPN and Rivals
- No. 58 player in the state in the 247Sports composite
- No. 5 strong side defensive end in Texas by Rivals
- Named a PrepStar All-Midlands Region pick
- Three-time first-team all-district defensive lineman, including unanimously in 2020
- 2022 UnderArmour All-America Game selection
- 2022 District 16-6A Defensive MVP
- Finished the 2022 with 63 tackles, 24.0 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, a pick-6, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection
- Ended 2021 campaign with 44 tackles, 19.0 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, a pass deflection and eight quarterback hurries
- Previously recruited by Houston out of high school
- Also competed in track and field
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. LSU (Texas Bowl)
Sunday, December 28
Highlights: Houston 38, LSU 35 (Texas Bowl)
Sunday, December 28
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews Texas Bowl vs. LSU
Monday, December 22
National Signing Day Press Conference
Wednesday, December 03
