4-star EDGE Ashton Porter commits to Northwestern

Northwestern has landed Cypress (Texas) Cy Ranch four-star EDGE Ashton Porter with the highly-regarded recruit announcing his commitment Saturday.

He chose the Wildcats over Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, California, Grambling, Miami, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Texas.

Porter is the No. 250 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $10.2k. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.

Ashton Porter is huge pickup for Northwestern

With his commitment, Ashton Porter becomes the highest ranked verbal in the 2023 Wildcats recruiting class.

He joins Bolingbrook (Ill.) four-star safety Damon Walters and Dearborn (Mich.) Divine Child four-star interior offensive lineman Dylan Senda as the four-star recruits in the class.

They also have a commitment from Dayton (Ohio) Northmont linebacker Nigel Glover, who is ranked as a four-star recruit by On3 and is the No. 133 player in the 2023 On300 ranking.

There are also three other top-500 prospects in the On3 Consensus in Owings Mills (Md.) McDonogh School three-star EDGE Mason Robinson, St. Louis (Mo.) Christian Brothers College three-star defensive lineman Tyler Gant, Katy (Texas) Royal three-star linebacker Justin Cryer.