Meet The 2026 UCF Knights: Countdown To Kickoff - No. 29 Tyce Porcher

With 29 days to go until the 2026 UCF football season kicks off, learn more about the players wearing the Knights' No. 29 jersey: defensive back Tyce Porcher.

Oct 11, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; UCF Knights head coach Scott Frost talks with his team on the sidelines in the game against the Cincinnati Bearcats in the second half at Nippert Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Welcome to UCF Knights on SI's countdown to kickoff!

In this series, we are going to introduce you to every single player on the 2026 UCF football roster so that you can know what to expect from them or even pinpoint the ones you want to follow throughout the coming season. We are going to go through the Knights' roster in reverse jersey-number order, with the day each player's entry is published corresponding to the number of days remaining until UCF's season-opener on Sep. 3 at 7 p.m. against Bethune-Cookman.

So, with 29 days to go, let's meet UCF defensive back Tyce Porcher:

1. Who is Tyce Porcher?
2. What did he do last season?
3. What role is he going to have in 2026?

1. Who is Tyce Porcher?

Position: Defensive Back

Class: Freshman

Height/Weight: 6-foot-1 / 190 pounds

Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida

High School: The King's Academy

Tyce Porcher was a multi-sport athlete at The King's Academy, though football was his only traditional team sport among the four he competed in:

• Track and Field: Porcher finished his high school career at the 2026 FHSAA 2A State Championships, where he competed in the pole vault.

• Weightlifting: Porcher was runner-up at the 2026 FHSAA 1A State Championships in both traditional and Olympic weightlifting in the 199-pound weight class.

• Wrestling: Porcher also made it to the FHSAA 1A Individual State Championships in the 190-pound weight class, where he finished eighth overall.

2. What did he do last season?

On the gridiron, Porcher served as both a wide receiver and a defensive back, according to MaxPreps. On offense, he ran 33 times for 239 yards and two touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 237 yards and four touchdowns. On defense, he made 44 tackles, 28 of them solo, and two tackles for loss. He also pulled down four interceptions and recorded three passes defended.

3. What role is he going to have in 2026?

Similar to fellow true freshman defensive back Otis Hardy, Porcher's chances at playing time are going to be minimal in 2026 thanks to the sheer depth of the Knights' defensive back room, from returners like Demari Henderson, Antoine Jackson, Jayden Bellamy, Jayden Williams, Braeden Marshall and DJ Bell to experienced transfers Jailen Duffie, Ty Bartrum and Matt Irwin.

Despite this, however, Porcher is at least going to get the opportunity and space to learn from a large group of college football veterans and is a part of the last high school recruiting class that can utilize a redshirt, should he choose to. So, while it is unlikely he is going to see the field this season, he still has a full four years after this one to develop into a player that can see playing time.

Catch up on the rest of the list below:

No. 30 Otis Hardy	No. 31 Noah McGough	No. 32 Matthew Occhipinti	No. 33 Phil Picciotti	No. 34 Jahleel Culbreath
No. 35 Agyeman Addae	No. 36 Dylan Bennett	No. 37 Rocklyn Kelley	No. 38 Jayden Jennings	No. 39 Andrea Parisi
No. 41 Bruno Dall	No. 42 Artavius Jones and Chance Nixon	No. 43 Kyle Hicks	No. 45 Quentin Hatch	No. 47 Arthur Kingdom and Sam Powell
No. 49 Atticus Bertrams and Donnell Johnson III	No. 53 LaParka Langston	No. 54 Cooper Terpstra and Trenton Turner	No. 55 Jacob Maiava and Noah Mercer	No. 56 Patrick Ryan
No. 57 Camp Lott	No. 58 Connor Meadows	No. 61 Owen Spell	No. 66 Brady Wayburn	No. 67 Noah Senka
No. 68 Ethan Higgins	No. 70 RaiShaun McHaney	No. 71 Amahn Williams	No. 72 Dominick Campbell	No. 73 Henry Tabansi
No. 74 Matthew Prigmore	No. 75 Tyler Gibson	No. 76 Justin Royes	No. 77 Kasiyah Charlton	No. 78 Preston Cushman
No. 79 Daniel Marcellinus	No. 80 Elijah Hardy	No. 81 Zack Palmer	No. 82 Jordyn Bridgewater	No. 83 Dylan Burk
No. 84 Thomas Wadsworth	No. 85 Carson Hinshaw	No. 86 Chase Hinshaw	No. 87 Brooks Hall	No. 88 Grayson Brousseau
No. 89 Caleb Rollerson	No. 90 Mujahid Jefferson	No. 92 Jeffson Lafontant	No. 93 Brad Gurley	No. 94 L A Jesse Harrold
No. 95 RJ Jackson Jr.	No. 96 Anthony Coaxum	No. 97 Josh Schell and Mason Denaberg	No. 98 Alhassan Iddrissu	No. 99 Thomas Collins