Porter Abell - Football Coach - Davidson College Athletics

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Porter Abell

Title:
Wide Receivers
Email:
football@davidson.edu

Recruiting Areas:
South Florida
Louisiana

Porter Abell joined the Davidson football staff in January of 2018 following a stellar collegiate career at the University of Richmond.

Abell is in his seventh season with the Wildcats and has helped the team to three FCS Playoffs Appearance and back-to-back conference championships in the spring of 2021 and the fall of 2021.

In the spring of 2020, Abell assumed recruiting coordinator duties, as well as tight ends coach, while retaining his responsibilities with the wide receivers.

Since 2018, nine of Abell’s wide receivers / tight ends has earned Pioneer Football League all-conference honors.

Abell has also been an integral part of the Wildcats impressive offensive output that has led NCAA FCS in scoring offense (2023), total offense (2018) and rushing offense (2018, spring 2021, 2022, 2023).

Porter, who appeared in 48 games for the Spiders, saw time as a quarterback, running back and eventually slid into a role as a wide receiver. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Spiders and helped lead the team to a CAA Championship in 2015 and a national ranking of number three in the country.

Prior to Richmond, Porter finished his high school career in 2012 and was named a finalist for the AA Virginia State Player of the Year and Regional and Roanoke Times Offensive Player of the Year.

During the fall of 2017, Porter served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Collegiate School Athletic Department, breaking down game film. He is the son of head coach Scott Abell.