Signee Profile: Offensive lineman Noel Portnjagin

    Noel Portnjagin

    School: Germany

    Hometown: Germany

    Height: 6-5

    Weight: 334

    Position: Offensive Guard

    247 Ranking: 3 star

    Recruited by: Rob Sale and Darnell Stapleton

    Enrollment Date: January of 2024

    Notable: Portnjagin played football for Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in the German Football League. The staff plans on using Portnjagin at guard.

    Quotable: “I’m going to play guard,” Portnjagin said on where he expects to play at once he gets to Florida. “Even though I play tackle in Germany, I’m a true guard and they told me that they’re going to use me as a true guard.”

    “I have a really good relationship with them,” he said on his relationship with Sale and Stapleton. “I’m in contact with both coaches, the work that we have done to this point is flawless with Sale and Stapleton. At the camp, they were respectful and tried to help me while we had a conversation.”

     

    Nick Marcinko
    Nick is a recent graduate from the University of Florida with a degree in Telecommunications. He is passionate about all sports but specifically baseball and football. Nick interned at Inside the Gators and worked part time with Knights247 before joining the Gator Country family. Nick enjoys spending his free time golfing and at the beach.