Josh Portis Impresses in His First NFL game

Josh Portis Impresses in His First NFL game
Ronny Hurd - NFL Mocks
A few weeks ago an undrafted quarterback Josh Portis didn’t know where his career may have been due to the NFL lockout. Few weeks ago to today, Josh Portis is on the Seattle Seahawks making his first appearance in the NFL in a preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. Some players who are in the same situation as Josh Portis tend to struggle and are likely to be one of the players who are on the chopping block, but the way he performed tonight in his first ever NFL game, we may have not seen the last of Josh Portis.


Josh Portis struggled once he came into the game toward the end of the third quarter not completing his first of three passes. Then Portis started to light up beginning at the 12:48 mark in the 4th quarter, where he showed his scrambling ability to the right of the field and made a beautiful pass for seven yards to Brandon Sullivan.

Then Josh Portis got his first touchdown pass in the NFL. The Chargers went with a blitz; Portis never showed any signs of hesitant, moving his feet to the outside then passed it right to tight end Anthony McCoy in the end zone.

Yes, you can make the case that he was facing a second/third string caliber defense, but he was still getting pressured and attacked like any other defense.

Josh Portis finished the game going 5/9, passed for 69 yards and a touchdown.