Joe Portaro:My dad and my coaches are very helpful in helping me be well prepared since this is football off season, and basketball just ended. They have made the facilities available for workouts, as well as encouraging our teams receivers to work out with me a couple of weeks before the combine.
Also I have scheduled work outs at the YMCA for weight training as well as workouts to increase my times in the shuttle and 40 which I improved on both at the combine.
Coach Schuman:Have you been to the NUC before? How did you do? What were your expectations going into this years event?
Coach Schuman:Have you been to the NUC before? How did you do? What were your expectations going into this years event?
Joe Portaro:Yes last year I participated in the Las Vegas combine and was named QB MVP and qualified to attend the Ultimate 100 camp in LA where my performance earned me the Camp Leadership Award which gave me the NCSA recruiting schlolarship over all the other athletes, and also qualified me for the NUC Top Athlete camp at the University of Oklahoma, which was awesome and I got to meet a few of the Oklahoma players. Coach Schuman and the NUC staff made all this possible by giving me the opportunity to show my skills.
Coach Schuman: You were MVP! What are your goals now?
Joe Portaro:My goals now are to work harder to be ready for the NUC in LA, and I will do my best to become the MVP in LA. We also just started our informal Faith Lutheran team workouts, and prepare for a great season. I just want to do my best and hopefully some of the colleges that are showing interest in me, will see even a better season and that I will get some good offers
Coach Schuman:How did you hear about the National Underclassmen Combine and what was your favorite part about the event?
Joe Portaro:My dad is always looking for camps and helping promote my skills and he found the information for the NUC camp last year online and signed me up right away
Coach Schuman:If you can choose 5 schools where you would be interested in playing what would they be?
Coach Schuman: You were MVP! What are your goals now?
Joe Portaro:My goals now are to work harder to be ready for the NUC in LA, and I will do my best to become the MVP in LA. We also just started our informal Faith Lutheran team workouts, and prepare for a great season. I just want to do my best and hopefully some of the colleges that are showing interest in me, will see even a better season and that I will get some good offers
Coach Schuman:How did you hear about the National Underclassmen Combine and what was your favorite part about the event?
Joe Portaro:My dad is always looking for camps and helping promote my skills and he found the information for the NUC camp last year online and signed me up right away
Coach Schuman:If you can choose 5 schools where you would be interested in playing what would they be?
Joe Portaro:Actually my dad and I have decided that we just want to have the opportunity for me to play in college and so limiting my interest to only 5 schools would not look good for other schools that are showing interest in me. So here are the schools that have sent me letters of interest with the few that send me something regularly being first: UCLA, Colorado, Oregon State, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Cal, Boise State, TCU, UNLV, San Diego State. I am interested in any school that wants me and will give me the chance to reach my dream of playing college footballWhich ever school gives me an opportunity to play what I love.
Is very important and I would like to play in the western US so my family and friends can come to games. Plus the academics for the school I go to will be very important . My whole family is very supportive of me, I have two older brothers Mike and Rico who were all state at Faith Lutheran and both of them played college football and my sister Christina will play college volleyball or basketball. she is really good at both!!
Is very important and I would like to play in the western US so my family and friends can come to games. Plus the academics for the school I go to will be very important . My whole family is very supportive of me, I have two older brothers Mike and Rico who were all state at Faith Lutheran and both of them played college football and my sister Christina will play college volleyball or basketball. she is really good at both!!
Coach Schuman:What do you like about high school football? What are your goals for your team and yourself?
Everything!!! I am already feeling a little sad about the thought of my last game at Faith Lutheran next year. We are a family at Faith and my team mates are my best friends all year, and my coaches are the best I could ever want, and they really care about me and help me a lot. I also like the fact that I meet a lot of players from other teams and we are actually friends off the field. I know without my team mates and coaches I would not able to accomplish my goals. I am really lucky to have Don Pearson who is the best reciever is Nevada and has a great offer from one of the best colleges in the country, and Brett Lubbe who will definaitely be a college player
Joe Portaro:My goals for my team are to win a state championship, and even though people say it's not a good chance me and my team mates are playing to win everything. My personal goals are to make first team all conference at QB again, and Kicker, and to be all state in both. Plus I want to show my leadership skills even more, cause I know college coaches really want a good leader. I also am really focussed on my grades cause I know how important it is for me to get more offers from some schools. This past semester I made merit honor roll with a 3.35 GPA which is really good at Faith because it a pretty tough school
Coach Schuman:Do you play other sports? Tell about your accomplishments?
Coach Schuman:Do you play other sports? Tell about your accomplishments?
Joe Portaro:Yes, I have played Lacrosse for one year, and have played basketball every year. I love all sports and our school is a lot smaller so they need some of us football players to play basketball. I am probably the best defender on the team and average about 7 points a game, and I like to shoot the three ball, but the coaches are not that excited about it. If basketball was my main sport then I would spend more time in the off season getting better, but I know my future is in football
Coach Schuman:What is your favorite thing about football? what makes it a great sport to you?
Coach Schuman:What is your favorite thing about football? what makes it a great sport to you?
Joe Portaro:For me as a QB, I get to touch the ball every play, and the pressure is what I like, and I really feel I can make something good happen on every play. The teams in our conference are the best in the State and knowing that I threw for almost 300 yards in games again, three of the top 5 teams in the state, really gives me confidence that I can do well in college too.
Actually, I love everything about football!!!!
Coach Schuman:Tell me about your training regimen...How do you get better every day?
Coach Schuman:Tell me about your training regimen...How do you get better every day?
Joe Portaro:I am pretty much in training the whole year. I have taken weights as an elective every semester so I can keep strength my up and to add weight. Plus being in Basketball after football season is over keeps my endurance and speed up and then in the spring we start football conditioning three days a week. I also eat healthy and my mom makes sure I am taking the right vitamins and doesnt let me eat to much junk.
Coach Schuman:What are you looking for in college? Academically? football?
Coach Schuman:What are you looking for in college? Academically? football?
I know college might be my last football time, even though my dad and coaches tell me if I keep improving, I might be able to get drafted . So I want to go to school that is good at helping its athletes stay focussed on their studies, cause that is what we are really there for, and I want to have a good career when I am done with football. I know that going to a big name school could mean I wont get much playing time in the first couple years, but actually I think whoever wants me on their team, my goal will be to be the starter even as a freshman. I just want to be part of another football family like I have at Faith Lutheran, and really enjoy my college years. I also think me being a kicker and punter can get me playing time if I am not the starter at QB
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