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Why Chupacabras' 'O.G.' QB Donovan Porterie is still playing indoor football at 39 

Former UNM QB came back from ruptured Achilles tendon to join rebranded IFL team 

Chupacabras Donovan Porterie warms up before the second half starts during the game against the Orlando Pirates at Tingley Coliseum on Sunday, Mar. 22, 2025.
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Donovan Porterie admitted it was a little odd at first.

During training camp with the New Mexico Chupcabras, he started to hear it from other players, many of them younger by at least a decade. The nickname that any player of his age and stature will almost inevitably receive should they make it to that point.

O.G.

If the nickname was a bit of a shock at first, the former New Mexico quarterback soon realized there was nothing he could do about it.

鈥淚 had to kinda remember, 鈥榙amn bro, you鈥檙e up there,鈥欌 he chuckled. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e 38, man.鈥欌

Saturday, Porterie will gladly take the field for another game as the Chupcabras鈥 resident O.G., a role he鈥檚 come to embrace. At 39 years old, there鈥檚 a little gray in his beard now. And the veteran arena football quarterback admits he鈥檚 lost a step or two when he takes off on the run.

None of that really bothers him 鈥 after all, he鈥檚 still playing.

Why?

鈥淚 wanted to finish my career here 鈥 It鈥檚 always special to be able to come back and showcase your whole body of work,鈥 he said.

Chupacabras Donovan Porterie, left, runs down the field with the ball during the game against the San Diego Strike Force at Tingley Coliseum on Sunday, May. 31, 2026.

A Port Arthur, Texas native, Porterie played four seasons at UNM and passed for 6,756 yards, the third-highest total of any quarterback in program history. But after a 鈥渧ery short stint鈥 in the NFL, he embarked on a career playing for upwards of 10 arena and indoor football franchises across the country.

In 2023, that career nearly came to an abrupt end. Playing against the Sioux City Bandits, Poterie remembers stepping up in the pocket to pass and dodging a defensive lineman before planting his right leg.

Only then did he feel it.

鈥淟ike somebody hit me with a spinning back kick,鈥 he remembered.

Porterie later found out that he had ruptured his Achilles tendon, ending his season and setting him up for a gruelling recovery process. For the next two years, he didn鈥檛 play a game as he rehabbed his leg and vowed to make a return, even if he didn鈥檛 know what it might look like.

鈥淚t was a non-contact injury 鈥 it wasn鈥檛 like somebody hit me or I was doing something crazy,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t was just the turf. So I was like, 鈥業鈥檓 not gonna let the turf monster make out,鈥 you know?

When the Chupcabras rebranded in the summer of 2025, a few people who worked with the area鈥檚 previous indoor football team, the Duke City Gladiators, contacted him to see if he would be interested in trying out. Porterie said he thought about it for a week before deciding he would go for it, but only under one condition.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to be a shell of myself,鈥 he said. 鈥淐oming into camp with all of these young guys, I was like, 鈥榤an, I gotta run, I gotta do the fakes the correct way, I gotta really, really throw the ball.鈥 I wanted to take my time (to rehab) but I wanted to do it the right way.鈥

Chupacabras Donovan Porterie yells to his team before the snap during the game against the San Diego Strike Force at Tingley Coliseum on Sunday, May. 31, 2026.

To this point, Porterie鈥檚 rehab work has largely paid off. While the Chupacabras have struggled to a 2-10 start, the veteran has performed well over a handful of starts after the team traded former starting quarterback Ja鈥檙ome Johnson in May.

He鈥檚 also earned the respect of the locker room in a way only an O.G. could.

鈥淲e actually got in a little bit of a scuffle against (the Arizona Rattlers) because somebody kind of got in (Porterie鈥檚) face,鈥 Chupacabras co-owner Mike Fietz said. 鈥淎nd one of our offensive lineman, he said, 鈥業鈥檓 sorry, Mr. Fietz, but you don鈥檛 get in the face of the O.G.鈥 They look at him as kind of that big brother leader.鈥

Porterie doesn鈥檛 think he wants this year to be the end, either. While he hasn鈥檛 talked to ownership about a potential return, he made it clear he wouldn鈥檛 mind another full season with the Chupacabras before hanging it up.

鈥淛ust because of the way things started off this year 鈥 I definitely didn鈥檛 envision the end of my career being like or finishing this way. So probably, definitely give it another year, come back and do it the right way for Albuquerque.鈥

Sean Reider covers college football and other sports for the Journal. You can reach him at sreider@abqjournal.com or via X at .