Porter grew up in Winter Park, Florida, where he attended Lake Howell High School. He was a wide receiver on the football team at Lake Howell and graduated in 1997. While a student at the University of Central Flo… See more

Prior to joining the cast of Friday Night Lights, Porter played Matthew in the original cast of the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz in 2004. In 2006, he temporarily took over the role of Casey Hughes in the soap opera … See more

In April 2013, Porter married casting director Kelsey Mayfield, a former University of Texas cheerleader whom he met on the set of Friday Night Lights. One of his groomsmen was screenwriter and director Jamie Linden, … See more