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March 29, 2024

unlv football:

Local QB to join UNLV football team as walk-on

Faith Lutheran’s Joe Portaro accounted for 34 touchdowns in 2010

Faith Lutheran High-Legacy

Justin M. Bowen

Faith Lutheran High quarterback Joe Portaro will walk-on with the UNLV football team. He passed for 2,871 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2010.

Quarterback Joe Portaro, who passed for 2,871 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2010 for Faith Lutheran High, will be a preferred walk-on with the UNLV football team.

Portaro, a first-team All-Northwest Division selection, had multiple touchdown passes in eight of the Crusaders’ 10 games. He also rushed for 10 touchdowns, averaged 43 yards a punt and had three field goals.

Despite the solid numbers, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound Portaro was lightly recruited.

He said he feels he’ll eventually receive a chance to compete for playing time at UNLV. The Rebels have four quarterbacks on scholarship, including two from this year’s signing class — junior college transfer Sean Reilly will compete for a starting job, and Nick Sherry of Casa Grande High in California is a highly touted freshman.

“I like the way they run practice,” Portaro said. “They don’t like to rest at all. They are running constantly.”

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