Tracy Porter (wide receiver)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}

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{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Tracy Porter

| number = 87, 89

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|6|1}}

| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 196

| high_school = Southern University Lab (LA)

| college = LSU

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 99

| pastteams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1982}})
• Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1983}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1986}})*

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 79

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 1,161

| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = PortTr00

}}

Tracy Randolph Porter (born June 1, 1959) is an American social activist, entrepreneur and former professional football player. He played as a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions and Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|title=Tracy Porter NFL Football Statistics|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PortTr00.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=April 15, 2016}}

Porter studied Business Administration at Louisiana State University in 1983. He played college football for the LSU Tigers. He now serves as the CEO of Premiere Solutions, a fleet-management company based in California.{{cite web |title=No Limits |url=https://www.lsufoundation.org/s/1585/17/interior.aspx?sid=1585&gid=1&pgid=2550 |website=LSU Foundation magazine |language=en}}

Porter is on the executive committee of the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity where he heads the national initiative to increase African-American diversity on company boards{{cite press release |author=Staff writers |title=The Equilar Diversity Network Announces Groundbreaking Executive and Board Ethnicity Data Campaign |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-07-30/the-equilar-diversity-network-announces-groundbreaking-executive-and-board-ethnicity-data-campaign |publisher=Bloomberg |date= July 30, 2020}} and serves as the chairman of the board at the National Football League Alumni Association.{{cite press release |title=NFL Alumni Adds Two Members to New Business Strategy Committee |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/12/12/1959973/0/en/NFL-Alumni-Adds-Two-Members-to-New-Business-Strategy-Committee.html |publisher= Globe Newswire|date=December 12, 2019}}

He is not related to former New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter, although the younger Porter is a native of Port Allen, Louisiana, which sits on the opposite bank of the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge,, the elder Porter's hometown and home to LSU.