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2021 MAXWELL AWARD FINALIST: Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh,...Pickett has even eclipsed the legendary Dan Marino in each of the Panthers' major career categories. Entering the postseason, Pickett stands as Pitt's all-time leader in passing yards (12,303), pass completions (1,045), total offense (13,112), touchdown responsibility (102) and passing touchdowns (81). His 20 career rushing touchdowns are also a new standard for a Pitt quarterback. In addition to his athletic excellence, Pickett is accomplished academically and from a community and leadership standpoint. Pitt's two-time team captain earned his bachelor's degree in marketing and is presently enrolled in the Katz Graduate School of Business. He has been nationally lauded for his NIL initiatives, which have emphasized philanthropy as well as his teammates. - Pittsburgh Football

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12/09/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

2021 DAVEY O'BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD FINALIST: Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh,...Through 13 games, he has completed 67% of his passes (334 of 497) for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Including his five rushing scores, he has totaled 47 touchdowns this season. Pickett's passing yardage, passing touchdowns, total TDs and completions are all Pitt season records. He also set an ACC season record for touchdown passes (eclipsing the prior mark of 41 set by Clemson's Deshaun Watson in 2016). - Pittsburgh Football

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12/09/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

2021 JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WINNER: Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, whose prolific passing helped lead the Panthers to the first ACC Championship in program history, has been named the winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, it was announced today by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation and presenting partner A.O. Smith. Pickett has enjoyed a highly decorated month of December.

Last week, he was named the ACC Player of the Year. On Monday, he was announced as one of four finalists for the Heisman Trophy. The accolades have been well earned after he led the Panthers to an 11-2 record, their first ACC title and a berth in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 30. No. 12 Pitt will face No. 10 Michigan State (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten) at 7 p.m. that night on ESPN as the Panthers play in the New Year's Six for the first time during the College Football Playoff era. Pickett has achieved the most prolific season ever by a Pitt quarterback. Through 13 games, he has completed 67% of his passes (334 of 497) for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Including his five rushing scores, he has totaled 47 touchdowns this season. - Pitt Football

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12/09/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR AWARD FINALIST: Pittsburgh senior quarterback Kenny Pickett has led Pittsburgh to a 10-2 record and a berth in this weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference title game against Wake Forest. For the season, Pickett has thrown for 4,066 yards, which ranks fifth among all FBS quarterbacks, and 40 touchdowns. He has completed 67.7 percent of his passes (314-of-466). He threw for three or more touchdowns in a game eight times and passed for a season-high 519 yards against Miami on Oct. 30. - Walter Camp Football Foundation

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12/06/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

2021 HEISMAN TROPHY FINALIST: Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett,....Pickett, a redshirt senior and fourth-year starter, is the ACC's Overall and Offensive Player of the Year and led the Panthers to the 2021 ACC Championship (its first in school history) and a berth in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. His 4,319 passing yards, 334 completions and 42 touchdown passes are school records while he threw just seven interceptions with a completion percentage of 67.2, leading Pitt to an 11-2 season. He also scored four touchdowns on the ground. - Heisman Memorial Trophy

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12/06/21 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec said on Monday that he will return for his senior season rather than enter the NFL draft. "I will be returning to Chestnut Hill in 2022 to complete my economics degree, improve all facets of my game, and compete nationally," he said in a statement issued by the school. "Let's win!" Jurkovec threw for 2,558 yards and 17 touchdowns in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. This year, he injured his right (throwing) wrist in Week 2 and missed six games before returning on Nov. 11. The Eagles went 4-2 in his starts in 2021 and are 10-6 in his career. He is fifth in school history with six 300-yard passing games in just 16 games played. - AP College Football

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12/04/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Pittsburgh's Kenny Pickett has the records - and now he has an Atlantic Coast Conference championship to go along with it. Pickett's ascent to a likely Heisman Trophy candidate and a prospective first-round NFL draft pick took another big step forward as he threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a 58-yard score, helping Pittsburgh defeat Wake Forest 45-21 on Saturday night and giving the Panthers their first ACC title. Along the way, Pickett set two passing records. Pickett's first touchdown pass of the game, a 22-yard toss on a swing pass to Rodney Hammond in the first quarter, broke Dan Marino's school record of 79 career TD passes. Pickett's second TD pass, a 4-yard toss to Jared Wayne in the second quarter on a slant route, established an ACC record for touchdown passes in a season with 42, eclipsing the mark of 41 set by Clemson's Deshaun Watson in 2016.

By midway through the fourth quarter, Pitt fans were chanting "Kenny Heisman." Alabama's Bryce Young is considered the heavy favorite to win the award, especially after he led the Crimson Tide to a big win against No. 1-ranked Georgia in the Southeastern Conference championship game earlier Saturday. But Pickett will get some consideration, something few expected when the Panthers were picked to finish fourth in the ACC's Coastal Division at the beginning of the season. The recently named ACC Player of the Year got a huge assist Saturday night from his defense, which made adjustments in the second quarter and held the Demon Deacons scoreless on their 13 offensive possessions after spotting them three touchdowns and a 21-14 lead to open the game. The Panthers defense intercepted Sam Hartman four times and sacked him five times. Pickett displayed all of the qualities of an NFL prospect, showing a strong arm to make difficult throws on out-routes, quality decision making and the ability to make plays when the pocket breaks down. - Pittsburgh/AP College Football

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12/01/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

2021 ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): Kenny Pickett, QB, Pitt, 52 votes,...Pickett, a senior from Oakhurst, New Jersey, led the Panthers to a spot in this Saturday night's Subway ACC Football Championship Game by completing 67.7% of his passes (314 of 464) for 4,066 yards with 40 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Including his four rushing scores, Pickett has been responsible for 44 touchdowns this season. - ACC Football

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12/01/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

2021 ACC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): Kenny Pickett, QB, Pitt, 54 52 votes,...Also voted the ACC Offensive Player of the Year for this season, Pickett is a finalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Maxwell Award and Senior CLASS Award. He is a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Award. Pickett is one touchdown pass shy of the ACC record set by Clemson's Deshaun Watson over a 15-game span in 2016. Pickett has thrown 79 career touchdown passes, tied for the most in Pitt history with the legendary Dan Marino. - ACC Football

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11/30/21 - Tylar Wiltz, rSr/2023, Pittsburgh, 5-11, 218 (DS#71 OLB) + More +

2021 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): LB - Tylar Wiltz, Missouri State,...Started 22 straight games and led Bears in total tackles (106) for second year in a row ... Was also Missouri State team leader in tackles for loss (14.5) to go with 51 solo stops, 3.5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 4 forced fumbles ... Ranks 14th nationally in forced fumbles per game (0.33) and fumble recoveries (2) ... Ranks 3rd in MVFC in total tackles per game (8.8) and tackles for loss per game (1.1), which also chart at 35th and 42nd nationally, respectively ... Recorded a pick-six as time expired in win over Central Arkansas (9/11/21) for his first career interception ... Logged 10 or more tackles in 5 different games ... Set a career high with 16 total tackles at Youngstown State (10/9/21) ... Racked up 14 total stops in FCS Playoff game vs. UT Martin (11/27/21) with an interception, sack and 2.0 tackles for loss ... Led MSU in tackles six games ... All-MVFC second team selection in 2020-21. - Missouri State Football

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11/27/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Kenny Pickett threw for four touchdowns to break the Pittsburgh school record for scoring passes in a season, and the 20th-ranked Panthers beat Syracuse 31-14 on Saturday night. Pittsburgh (10-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, CFP No. 20) won its fourth straight and finished the regular season 5-0 on the road. It's the Panthers' first 10-win season since 1981. Pickett connected with tailback Rodney Hammond Jr. and wideout Jordan Addison in the second quarter. He hit tight end Gavin Bartholomew and Addison again in the third to stake the Panthers to a 28-7 lead. Pickett boosted his season total to 40 touchdown passes, three more than the previous record set by Dan Marino in 1981 and matched by Rod Rutherford in 2003, and his career total to 79, equaling Marino's mark. Pickett finished 28 of 38 for 209 yards with one interception.

Syracuse closed within 28-14 on Garrett Shrader's second touchdown pass of the game to Courtney Jackson late in the third, but the Orange offense struggled all night. Shrader finished 17 of 24 for 217 yards and was sacked six times. Syracuse (5-7, 2-6) was coming off a pair of lopsided losses and failed in its quest to reach the six victories required to play in the postseason. It's the fifth losing season in coach Dino Babers' six years. The Panthers clinched the ACC Coastal Division last week with a 48-38 win over Virginia and were hoping to keep building momentum heading into their second appearance in the conference title game, something they failed to do in 2018. Pitt wrapped up the division that year with a win at Wake Forest, then headed to Miami and was drilled by the Hurricanes. A 42-10 loss to eventual national champion Clemson followed. - Pittsburgh/AP College Football

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11/20/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Kenny Pickett knew a year ago. Something in the Pittsburgh quarterback's gut told him coming back for one more season offered the opportunity to do something special. Something that looked and felt an awful lot like Pitt's 48-38 victory over Virginia on Saturday, when Pickett, rising star wide receiver Jordan Addison and the 20th-ranked Panthers put to bed the idea that this is the "Same Old Pitt" for now, and maybe for good. There will be no chaos in the ACC's Coastal Division this year. Not with Pickett re-writing the Pitt record book and Addison making a compelling case that the conversation on who the best receiver in the country is starts with the skinny sophomore with video game moves and understated swagger. Pickett and Addison connected for four touchdowns, the last a 62-yard catch-and-run with 2:10 remaining that sealed a second Coastal Division title in four years for the Panthers (9-2, 6-1 ACC), a play symbolic of the inherent trust between the two that's made them one of the most dynamic combinations in the country.

Facing third-and-5 from the Pitt 38, Pickett scrambled to his right and threw a jump ball downfield to the 6-foot tall Addison, who outmuscled a defender and then raced to the end zone to put away the Cavaliers and spark a celebration at Heinz Field. "(Addison) played out of his mind today," Pickett said. "He made every play." The Panthers needed every one of them. Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong matched Pickett throw for throw, passing for 487 yards with three touchdowns and an interception after returning from an injury that forced him to sit out last week's loss to Notre Dame. Yet every time the Cavaliers (6-5, 4-3) appeared ready to steal one, Pickett and Addison would respond. - Pittsburgh/AP College Football

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11/15/21 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

NOV 15 ACC QUARTERBACK OF THE WEEK: Phil Jurkovec, Boston College, Jr., QB, Pittsburgh, Pa.,...Averaged 23.9 yards per completion in the Eagles' 41-30 win at Georgia Tech, completing 13 of 20 passes while accounting for five touchdowns ... It marked the best yards per completion total by a BC quarterback since at least 1996 when throwing for 300-plus yards in a game ... Became the only player in BC history to throw for two scores and run for two scores in the first half of an ACC game ... Became the sixth Eagle since 1996 to account for five touchdowns in a game (two passing, three rushing) ... Recorded the first five-touchdown performance by a BC quarterback since Anthony Brown versus Wake Forest in 2018 ... Earned ACC Quarterback of the Week honors for the second time this season. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

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11/15/21 - SirVocea Dennis, Sr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 226 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

NOV 15 ACC LINEBACKER OF THE WEEK: SirVocea Dennis, Pitt, Jr., LB, Syracuse, N.Y.,...Collected a game-high 10 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss, including a sack, in Thursday night's 30-23 overtime victory versus North Carolina ... His 3.0 tackles for loss totaled 13 yards, including an eight-yard sack ... Helped limit the Tar Heels to 88 rushing yards on 38 carries (2.3 avg.) ... UNC entered the contest averaging 216 rushing yards, second most in the ACC ... Earned ACC Linebacker of the Week honors for the second time in 2021. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

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11/13/21 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec accounted for five touchdowns - running for three and passing for two - and the Eagles beat Georgia Tech 41-30 on Saturday to become bowl-eligible. Jahmyr Gibbs, who had a 98-yard kickoff return for Georgia Tech's first touchdown, scored on a 4-yard run with 8:59 remaining, cutting Boston College's lead to 31-30. Brent Cimaglia's potential tying extra point was no good, bouncing off the right upright, preserving the Eagles' lead. The missed extra point set up Boston College's long scoring drive capped by Jurkovec's third scoring run, a 31-yarder. Boston College (6-4, 2-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) became bowl eligible with its second consecutive win following a four-game losing streak. Georgia Tech (3-7, 2-6) took its fourth consecutive loss. Quarterback Jordan Yates passed and threw for touchdowns in his fourth start of the season as Jeff Sims was held out with an undisclosed injury.

Boston College staged a 10-play, 90-yard touchdown drive following Cimaglia's miss. On third and 14 from the Boston College 6, Jurkovec completed a 22-yard pass to tight end Trae Barry to extend the drive. Connor Lytton's second field goal, a 27-yarder, capped the scoring with 25 seconds remaining. Jurkovec completed 13 of 20 passes for 310 yards. The quarterback had eight carries for 71 yards, including scoring runs of 8, 14 and 31 yards. Jurkovec returned from a right wrist injury last week to lead the Eagles to a 17-3 win over Virginia Tech. Jurkovec said this week the wrist was not fully recovered but said "we're working on it." There was some early evidence Jurkovec does not yet have full strength in the wrist as he had two passes float and fall incomplete. The junior kept passing and took advantage of the Yellow Jackets' vulnerable pass defense. - Boston College/AP College Football

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