Joey Porter Jr. has no plans to switch up from his No. 24 jersey. And as the story goes, he picked it in honor of Ike Taylor, who sported the same digits a decade earlier during his run as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top corner. But the truth is, if the Steelers weren’t old-school in their jersey philosophy, Porter would be sporting a different jersey. Appearing on the Arthur Moats Experience with Deke podcast in an interview recorded yesterday, Porter explained the real story of how No. 24 came to be.
“Basically I came in, I was like, ‘I’m trying to get a single-digit first,'” Porter told the show.