Bret Porter doesn’t scream “Nebraska high school basketball star.” His junior stat line was around 14 points and eight rebounds per game. Respectable numbers that would likely have built to a special senior season.
Unfortunately, a torn ACL in the spring of 2018 left Porter not at full strength in the 21 games he played as a senior. He averaged six points and four rebounds.
But his 6-foot-6, 215-lb frame was perhaps enough for Hoiberg to give the Millard North product a shot as a walk-on. He was born to be a Husker athlete after all.