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  07/28/22 - *Brandon Hill, Jr/2023, Pittsburgh, 5-10, 193 (DS#7 SS) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON JIM THORPE AWARD WATCHLIST: Brandon Hill, Pittsburgh, Jr.,...Hill (5-11, 195) had lost of highlight reel plays in 2021. Played in all 14 games, starting 13 at strong safety…totaled 81 tackles, one TFL, six pass breakups, two interceptions, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble…All-ACC (second team)…Paycom Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist…helped clinch a 41-34 win at Tennessee by collecting a team-high seven tackles and intercepting a pass at Pitt's 17 and returning it 25 yards, allowing the Panthers to run out the final 4:52 on the clock…earned ACC Defensive Back of the Week for his Tennessee performance…posted a career-high 11 tackles and three PBUs against Clemson…had nine tackles and a TFL at Georgia Tech…also had nine tackles against North Carolina…in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, halted a Michigan State drive in Pitt territory with an interception, which the Panthers parlayed into a touchdown and 14-10 halftime lead. - Pittsburgh Football

(DS#7 SS) Jr/2023 SS *Brandon Hill, Pittsburgh
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  07/26/22 - Bub Means, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 227 (DS#31 WR) + More +

  During an interview session harping on big-picture topics from name, image and likeness to unequal revenue distribution in the ACC, Pat Narduzzi broke a bit of local, team-specific news. Jerrod "Bub" Means, a wide receiver transfer from Louisiana Tech, will be immediately eligible for the upcoming season. "I think he has a ton of potential," Narduzzi said Thursday at the annual ACC Kickoff. Means, who began his collegiate career at Tennessee, needed an NCAA waiver to play right away after his second transfer. "He's ready to go. We're really excited about him, and he's another special guy that we think is going to help us a lot this year." With Means in the fold, Pitt will be solid at wide receiver. Akron transfer Konata Mumpfield is "a special kid who will play at the next level," Narduzzi said. The Panthers also bring back second-leading receiver Jared Wayne, as well as Jaylon Barden, Jaden Bradley and tight end Gavin Bartholomew. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

(DS#31 WR) rSr/2024 WR Bub Means, Pittsburgh
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  07/25/22 - Gavin Bartholomew, Sr/2025, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 246 (DS#16 TE) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: GAVIN BARTHOLOMEW, PITTSBURGH,...Bartholomew (Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Blue Mountain) went from unheralded recruit to impact true freshman last season in helping the Panthers win the 2021 ACC title. Forming an extremely productive one-two punch with Pitt veteran presence Lucas Krull, now with the New Orleans Saints, Bartholomew became one of Kenny Pickett's favorite targets as the season progressed, especially in third down and red zone situations. Bartholomew played in all 14 games during his debut season for the Panthers, compiling 28 catches for 326 yards (11.6 avg.) and four touchdowns. - Pittsburgh Football

(DS#16 TE) Sr/2025 TE Gavin Bartholomew, Pittsburgh
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  07/25/22 - SirVocea Dennis, Sr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 226 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

  Pitt's players were holding court in the ACC Kickoff interview room when news dropped that "College GameDay" will come to the North Shore for the Backyard Brawl. When asked about the occasion, SirVocea Dennis smiled. He and teammates Carter Warren and Deslin Alexandre found out hours earlier. "You always hear about 13-9 or this other time that they beat them," Dennis said of the rivalry between Pitt and West Virginia. "You're just thinking, 'When will my time come to write myself in those history books?"

Of course, Dennis is already in Pitt's history books. He was the leading tackler last year when the Panthers captured the ACC championship and won 11 games for the first time in four decades. It was a historic season for Pitt, and Dennis was quite literally at the center of it, manning the middle linebacker spot every FBS game. Dennis tallied 87 tackles and 9 1/2 tackles for loss, third on the team behind only Habakkuk Baldonado and Calijah Kancey. The second-team All-ACC selection was named the conference's linebacker of the week twice. The first recognition followed Pitt's signature win against Clemson in which he had a game-altering pick-six. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

(DS#9 ILB) Sr/2023 ILB SirVocea Dennis, Pittsburgh
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  07/25/22 - Malcolm Epps, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-6, 257 (DS#42 TE) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: MALCOLM EPPS, USC,...In his 4-year collegiate career (3 years at Texas, 1 year at USC), Epps has 34 receptions for 465 yards (13.7 avg) with 5 TDs while appearing in 35 games (with 12 starts). Epps, who transferred to USC from Texas in the fall of 2021, saw action in all 12 games, with 5 starts (Stanford, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, California), at slot tight end as a redshirt junior in 2021. Overall in 2021, he had 10 receptions for 173 yards (17.3 avg) with 1 TD. - USC Football

(DS#42 TE) rSr/2024 TE Malcolm Epps, Pittsburgh
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  07/24/22 - Deslin Alexandre, rSr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-4, 264 (DS#41 DE) + More +

  For the first time in nearly two decades, "College GameDay" is coming to Pittsburgh. Pitt announced Thursday the popular ESPN college football preview show will originate from the North Shore for the Panthers' Sept. 1 showdown with rival West Virginia at Acrisure Stadium. It marks the first time the show has set up shop here - or any Pitt game for that matter - since Sept. 3, 2005, when the Panthers dropped a 42-21 home decision against Notre Dame. And it will be the third time the Panthers have served as hosts overall. The show also appeared here when Pitt upset Virginia Tech - ranked No. 5 at the time - in November 2003.

West Virginia has played host to GameDay twice previously but never for a Backyard Brawl. The Mountaineers last played in a game highlighted by the show in 2017, when they dropped a 31-24 decision against No. 8 TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. "It's a great opportunity for our program," said Pitt's Deslin Alexandre at ACC media day Thursday. "Being a college football player, a lot of us have that same goal of playing on 'College GameDay.' I'm excited for us and for our program...That's a huge stage. And we're excited to win that game." - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

(DS#41 DE) rSr/2023 DE Deslin Alexandre, Pittsburgh
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  07/24/22 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

  Boston College coach Jeff Hafley revealed a surprising tidbit at the ACC Kickoff on Wednesday about last year's 17-3 win over Virginia Tech. According to Hafley, starting quarterback Phil Jurkovec played the game with only 50% of his normal grip strength. Oh, and he didn't really practice leading up to the game either. Jurkovec got the surprise start against the Hokies after missing six straight games with a broken bone in his throwing hand.

Boston College's training staff expected Jurkovec to miss the rest of the season, and told Halfey as much. "He wasn't supposed to come back," Hafley said. "But the Friday before [playing Virginia Tech] the doctors told me could be cleared to practice and play. The bone was healed, and he could not hurt it anymore, but he would be at about 50% grip strength." That wasn't an estimate either. The trainers compared measurement's of Jurkovec's grip strength from when he was healthy to numbers after his cast came off. "The doctor has a grip machine," Jurkovec said. "With the hand being immobilized for awhile, the joint suffered from it. The bone was fully healthy, but the joint didn't have any motion." - Richmond Times-Dispatch

(DS#31 QB) rSr/2024 QB Phil Jurkovec, Pittsburgh
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  07/19/22 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Phil Jurkovec, Boston College,...Quarterback Phil Jurkovec spent 2018 and 2019 seeing limited action at Notre Dame. As a redshirt sophomore Jurkovec started in all 10 games for Boston College. His 2,558 passing yards over his first 10 starts were the most by any BC quarterback in school history … first player in BC history to total four, 300-yard passing games in his first five career starts at quarterback and the first BC quarterback with four or more 300-yard games in a season since Matt Ryan (2007) … 26th nationally with 255.8 passing yards per game … ended the season completing 61 percent of his passes and throwing 18 touchdown passes (30th nationally) … second among all Boston College quarterbacks since 1996 with 255.8 yards per game, trailing only Matt Ryan's 321.9 yards per game in 2007 … 205 completions were the most by any BC sophomore quarterback, passing the previous record held by Chase Rettig in 2011 (170).

Tied for 10th in BC single-season history with 17 touchdown passes and eighth in school history with 205 completions in 2020 … threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns (17-of-23) in first career game as an Eagle at Duke (9/19) … against No. 11 North Carolina (10/3), Jurkovec was 37-for-56 for 313 yards and two touchdowns … 37 completions were tied for second in BC single-game history with Frank Harris (37 versus Army in 1968) … 37 completions were an Alumni Stadium record … 56 pass attempts were also the most by a BC quarterback at Alumni Stadium since at least 1996 and was the highest overall total number of attempts since Ryan passed 56 times on Nov. 10, 2007 at Maryland … tied for fourth in BC single-game history with the 56 attempts … career-highs in passing yards (358), touchdowns (3) and longest touchdown pass (77) in the overtime win over Pitt (10/10). - Boston College Football

(DS#31 QB) rSr/2024 QB Phil Jurkovec, Pittsburgh
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  07/18/22 - *Calijah Kancey, Jr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 281 (DS#3 DT) + More +

  2022 WALTER CAMP PRESEASON SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DL Calijah Kancey (Pittsburgh),... In 2 021, started all 14 games at defensive tackle…first team All-ACC…third team Associated Press All-American…paced Pitt in tackles for loss (13) and ranked second in sacks (seven)…had 35 total tackles and added a forced fumble on the year…had a career-high six tackles with a sack against North Carolina…totaled four stops-including a career-high three TFLs-against Virginia…matched his personal best with 1.5 sacks against the Cavaliers. - Pittsburgh Football

(DS#3 DT) Jr/2023 DT *Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh
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  07/10/22 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

  Kenny Pickett signed his Pittsburgh Steelers rookie contract more than two weeks ago, but one more honor from his remarkable Pitt career rolled in Friday. Pickett was named the 2022 ACC Male Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced. He is Pitt's first ACC Athlete of the Year since the university joined the league prior to the 2013-14 seasons. Pickett received 32 votes from the 88-person media panel, followed by Florida State track's Trey Cunningham (18) and North Carolina basketball player Armando Bacot (16).

After leading Pitt to the 2021 ACC football championship, Pickett finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting and was the first quarterback selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. He was Pitt's first Heisman finalist since Larry Fitzgerald in 2003. He joins the ACC Athlete of the Year fraternity that includes such notable athletes as North Carolina's Michael Jordan (1984), Wake Forest's Tim Duncan (1997), N.C. State's Philip Rivers (2004) and Clemson's Trevor Lawrence (2021). - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

(DS#1 QB) rSr/2022 QB Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
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  07/01/22 - Carter Warren, rSr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-6, 311 (DS#14 OT) + More +

  When you stand 6-foot-5 and weigh 320 pounds with thick arms and a muscle-bound chest, it may be difficult to look welcoming. But Carter Warren and four of his similarly sized buddies on Pitt's offensive line pulled it off Tuesday. They greeted, mingled with and even played a game of "Connect 4" (Jake Kradel's specialty) and shot bumper pool (Gabe Houy's area of expertise) with several young people at the Boys and Girls Club North Area Clubhouse in Millvale. It was part of an event entitled "Carter's Creations Initiative." It was hosted by Carter, who is entering his fourth season as Pitt's starting left offensive tackle. As an example of solidarity and to give the kids a thrill, he brought along Pitt's other starting linemen: Marcus Minor, Owen Drexel, Kradel and Houy, who he described as "my best friends."

What's behind Carter's efforts? Perhaps NCAA name, image and likeness legislation offered a boost, but Warren planned the event himself. It likely would have happened even without the existence of NIL. He and his teammates handed out T-shirts to the kids, and proceeds from sales of the excess inventory will go directly to the Boys and Girls Club, said Sammy Spina, who is Warren's NIL representative. Carter said the idea of taking an afternoon to spend time with the kids "started with a dream and a passion." "Growing up, I was always in a Boys and Girls Club," he said. "I just wanted to give back. It's all about (the kids). "Growing up, living in Paterson, N.J., there's not much around. The Boys and Girls Club, that was a safe haven for a lot of people." - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

(DS#14 OT) rSr/2023 OT Carter Warren, Pittsburgh
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  06/30/22 - Gavin Bartholomew, Sr/2025, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 246 (DS#16 TE) + More +

  The ACC's divisional structure is about to be a thing of the past. The conference announced Tuesday that it will scrap its current model of two seven-team divisions for football in favor of a single-division format beginning in 2023. Under the new rules, each team will face three opponents annually for the next four seasons. For Pitt, those teams will be former Big East rivals Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Boston College. The Panthers' other five conference opponents each year will rotate between the league's 10 remaining teams.

For example, they will see Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest in 2023. Then N.C. State, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Miami and North Carolina in 2024. The result will be more variety of opponents on the conference slate, with each team facing each other team in the conference twice in the next four campaigns. At the end each season, the teams with the two highest conference winning percentages will meet in the conference title game. The format will be in place until at least the end of the 2026 season, the end of the four-year cycle. However, it will not affect the 2022 schedule, which will be the last played under the two-division format. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

(DS#16 TE) Sr/2025 TE Gavin Bartholomew, Pittsburgh
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  06/24/22 - SirVocea Dennis, Sr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 226 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

  SirVocea Dennis looked across the green turf of Gateway High School's field Tuesday afternoon, pleased to see young boys playing seven-on-seven with unbridled joy at the Nike Football Camp. Yet, Pitt's senior linebacker, a counselor at the camp, understands the game he plays on a much higher level has turned into a "wild" ride for players and coaches. Name, image and likeness opportunities and the NCAA transfer portal have changed the rules, altered rosters (including the one where he resides), affected recruiting and created temptations.

How wild did it get for Dennis this offseason? He said he deflected offers from two schools that tried to entice him to transfer. "I had a couple (contacts)," he said. "I wasn't worried about it. I'm here now, so..." Dennis declined to identify the schools, and for a good reason, he said. "That's an NCAA violation," he said of schools contacting him, even though his name never appeared in the portal. "I respectfully told them that what they were trying to do is illegal and it could, actually, ruin my eligibility. If they wanted to talk to me, I would have to have been in the portal already." - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

(DS#9 ILB) Sr/2023 ILB SirVocea Dennis, Pittsburgh
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  06/22/22 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

  A return to college football made sense for Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec. He was on pace to have a blistering 2021 season after a breakout performance in 2020, but any high hopes were quickly curtailed very early into the year against UMass. He was able to return in November, but he was clearly not 100%. Outside of C.J. Stroud and Bryce Young, the 2023 draft board at quarterback is foggy, so if Jurkovec can show he is fully recovered from his setback then he has the opportunity to make a significant rise. - Boston Globe

(DS#31 QB) rSr/2024 QB Phil Jurkovec, Pittsburgh
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  06/22/22 - *Calijah Kancey, Jr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 281 (DS#3 DT) + More +

  Last season was Pittsburgh defensive lineman Calijah Kancey's first as a consistent starter and he delivered, earning first-team All-ACC honors and even a nod from the Associated Press' All-American third team. The defensive tackle led the Panthers with 13 tackles for loss and finished second in sacks with seven. If he can build on that disruption with another season of starting experience under his belt, he will certainly grab the attention of the NFL's shot-callers. - PittsburghPanthers.com

(DS#3 DT) Jr/2023 DT *Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh
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