Mar'Kel Porter

RB · #7 · Northwestern · SO · 5'11" · 215 · Lancaster, TX

Transferred from BGSU

93 2025 rush yards

2 2025 total TDs

6% Team touch share

3 Explosive plays

12 Career games (2 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Carries	Rush yds	YPC	Rec	Rec yds	TD
2025	Bowling Green	12	2	31	93	3.0	7	70	2

2025 Percentile vs RBs

Rush yards per game 7.8 16

Yards per carry 3.0 7

Receiving yards per game 5.8 50

Total TDs 2 36

Around Mar'Kel

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production

Aidan Chiles QB · 1,392 pass yds · 9g · at MSU

Caleb Komolafe RB · 941 rush yds · 12g

WR-X

Hayden Eligon II WR · 521 rec yds · 12g

WR-Z

Griffin Wilde WR · 880 rec yds · 13g

WR-SL

Drew Wagner WR · 172 rec yds · 10g

TE Luke Dehnicke TE · no college stats

The situation

Northwestern 2025 offense ›

Explosive play rate 9.7% 21

Red zone TD rate 55.0% 4

Line yards per carry 2.6 63

Sack rate allowed 4.4% 81

2025 Game log

with Bowling Green

Wk	Opponent	Car	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	RZ opps	Touch share
W1	Lafayette Leopards	2			10	1	1	3%
W2	@ CIN	6	2	2	40	1	3	11%
W4	@ LOU	1			3			2%
W5	@ OHIO	1	1	1	4			3%
W7	TOL	3	1		4			5%
W8	CMU	1			-2			2%
W9	@ KENT	3	1	1	31			5%
W10	BUFF	2	2	2	17			6%
W11	@ EMU	5	1	1	23		2	12%
W14	@ MASS	7			33		3	12%

Recruiting

2024 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2024 board

#2181 Greg Burrell RB · Desert Pines UNLV

#2181 Kerry Williams II CB · South Oak Cliff UNT

#2184

Mar'Kel Porter RB · Lancaster BGSU

#2185

CJ Miles Jr. CB · Mount Carmel WMU

#2185

Sean Martin ATH · St. Ignatius NW

RBs in the class

#150 Fred Robertson Warren Easton LT

#151 Greg Burrell Desert Pines UNLV

#152

Mar'Kel Porter Lancaster BGSU

#153

Nico Hamilton Lake Travis WYO

#154 BJ Blake Germantown

2025 · 16th pctile of RBs

Recruit · 31th pctile of class