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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


(DS#1 QB) rSr/2022 QB Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
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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


(DS#1 QB) rSr/2022 QB Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
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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

(DS#31 QB) rSr/2024 QB Phil Jurkovec, Pittsburgh
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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


(DS#31 QB) rSr/2024 QB Phil Jurkovec, Pittsburgh
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  11/11/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

  The senior quarterback turned darkhorse Heisman Trophy candidate made up for it by doing what he's done so often during his record-breaking season: make something incredibly difficult look incredibly easy. Pickett atoned for a late interception that allowed North Carolina to force overtime by firing a strike through a downpour at soggy Heinz Field to tight end Lucas Krull during the first possession of overtime for an 11-yard score that put the Panthers back in front. Pitt's defense did the rest, harassing Tar Heels star Sam Howell into a desperation fourth-down heave that landed in the outstretched arms of Panthers defensive back M.J. Devonshire to finish off a 30-23 victory. "Listen, everyone's talking about offense," Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said. "You win championships with defense. And that was a championship-level performance." One that kept the Panthers (8-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) in control of the Coastal Division with two games to go.

Pitt will earn its second trip to the ACC title game in four years if it wins out or if it beats Virginia next week and Miami drops any of its final three games. Pickett's 32nd touchdown of the season to Krull finished off a 346-yard performance in which he became the school's all-time leader in yards passing. Pickett slipped past Alex Van Pelt's mark of 11,267 career yards in the first quarter, the latest in a series of records that have fallen during his breakout season. "It's awesome but all the records, awards, accolades, it's really a team effort," Pickett said. "I want to thank my teammates, coaches. It's been a heck of a run, but we're not done yet." - Pittsburgh/AP College Football


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  11/08/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

  NOV 8 ACC QUARTERBACK OF THE WEEK: Kenny Pickett, Pitt, Sr., QB, Oakhurst, N.J.,...Earned his second ACC Quarterback of the Week award this year after leading Pitt to a 54-29 win at Duke ... Compiled 473 total yards of offense and four touchdowns ... Completed 65% of his passes (28 of 43) for 416 yards and three touchdowns and did not throw an interception ... Also averaged 7.1 yards per rush (57 yards on eight carries) and had a 22-yard scoring run ... Extended his own school record with his fifth 400-yard passing game ... It was his 14th game with at least 300 passing yards, tying the school record held by Alex Van Pelt (1989-92) ... Has led the Panthers to four 50-point games this season, the first time Pitt has compiled that many since 1905. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

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  11/08/21 - John Petrishen, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 227 (DS#38 OLB) + More +

  NOV 8 ACC LINEBACKER OF THE WEEK: John Petrishen, Pitt, Sr., OLB, Lower Burrell, Pa.,...Filled up the stat sheet against Duke, compiling a game-high 13 tackles, a seven-yard sack, an additional QB hurry as well as an interception in Blue Devils territory ... Pitt parlayed his INT into a 42-yard touchdown drive ... Petrishen leads Pitt with three interceptions this season, the most by a Panthers linebacker since 2004 ... Has twice earned ACC Linebacker of the Week honors. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

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  11/06/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

  Kenny Pickett threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score as Pittsburgh pulled away to beat Duke 54-29 on Saturday. Pickett threw for 405 yards as the Panthers (7-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 25 CFP) bounced back from a home loss to Miami a week earlier. They have their best nine-game record since an 8-1 mark in 2009. Sam Scarton kicked four field goals for Pittsburgh, which leads the ACC's Coastal Division and improved to 4-0 in road games. Jordan Addison, who scored on a reception and a rush, racked up 171 receiving yards on seven catches.

Duke (3-6, 0-5) lost its fifth game in a row. Quarterback Gunnar Holmberg exited with an upper-body injury on the team's final possession of the first half after throwing for 174 yards and a touchdown. Running back Mataeo Durant gained 81 yards on 25 carries. Pittsburgh went ahead for good on Pickett's 22-yard scramble with four minutes left in the first half after an array of potential momentum-turning plays. The Panthers led 30-19 at halftime, with Scarton connecting on his third field goal in an eight-minute span on the final play of the half. Duke drove to the Pittsburgh 1-yard line on the game's opening possession before Durant's fumble and a wild chase for the ball. Pittsburgh responded, going 76 yards in seven plays with Pickett hitting Jared Wayne on a 10-yard scoring pass. Duke scored on its second possession, with Charlie Ham's 46-yard field goal giving the Blue Devils their first first-half points in three games. - Pittsburgh/AP College Football


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  11/05/21 - Phil Jurkovec, rSr/2024, Pittsburgh, 6-5, 243 (DS#31 QB) + More +

  Phil Jurkovec didn't take long to get a big hit in his surprising return to Boston College's starting lineup. After that, coach Jeff Hafley knew his QB would be fine. Jurkovec ran for a touchdown in his return, and the Eagles halted a four-game losing streak with a 17-3 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday night in their annual red bandana game. Jurkovec, who injured his throwing hand in Week 2, was thought to be lost for the season after surgery. He completed just 7-of-13 passes for 112 yards, but gave the Eagles (5-4, 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) a spark after the offense sputtered in his absence by recovering a fumble on their first drive and scoring the TD.

Hafley said Jurkovec was cleared to play last Friday. "I called him in and I would have said that's a 50-50 chance with the amount of reps he was going to take," Hafley said. "I didn't want to do anything to jeopardize or get him hurt. We wanted to guide him, and he walked in and said: ‘I'm playing. The 6-foot-5 junior was sent sprawling to the ground on a run on BC's third offensive play. "We wouldn't have let him play if we didn't feel confident about him getting hit and getting hurt," Hefley said. "Maybe part of me (was concerned), but when I saw him bounce up and the look in his eye, we felt good about that." Pat Garwo rushed for 116 yards on 30 carries and a 3-yard score for BC. - Boston College/AP College Football


(DS#31 QB) rSr/2024 QB Phil Jurkovec, Pittsburgh
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  11/05/21 - Derek Kyler, rSr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-0, 180 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  Derek Kyler threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns, Isaiah Johnson returned an interception 73 yards for another score and Dartmouth rocked previously undefeated Princeton 31-7 in the 100th meeting between the Ivy League foes on Friday night. Dartmouth (7-1, 4-1) forced three Princeton punts to open the game and scored 17 points off the changes of possession. Kyler hit a wide-open Paxton Scott with a 37-yard touchdown bomb as Dartmouth marched downfield in eight plays to score on its first series. Kyler, 16-of-19 passing, directed Big Green to a second quick score, flipping a 4-yard pass to Dale Chesson at the back of the end zone. The TD catch was Chesson's first. Connor Davis added a 33-yard field goal as Big Green built a 17-0 early lead.

Princeton put together a 14-play drive with John Volker's carry from the 1-yard line getting the Tigers on the scoreboard, 17-7, with 3:48 left in the half. After forcing a Dartmouth three-and-out, Princeton got the ball back at its own 43 and drove to the Dartmouth 10 on a final possession, but a 27-yard field goal attempt glanced off the back of a Princeton lineman's helmet, deflected and bounced off the right upright as the first half ended. Smith completed 21 of 32 passes for 171 yards but, in addition to the pick-6, was sacked six times, hurried twice and had four passes broken up. - AP College Football


(DS#999 QB) rSr/2023 QB Derek Kyler, Pittsburgh
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  10/25/21 - SirVocea Dennis, Sr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-1, 226 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

  OCT 25 ACC CO-LINEBACKER OF THE WEEK: SirVocea Dennis, Pitt, Jr., LB, Syracuse, N.Y.,...Came up with perhaps the game's most crucial play in Saturday's 27-17 win over Clemson ... With the Panthers ahead 14-7 early in the third quarter, Dennis intercepted a shovel pass at midfield and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown to give Pitt a 21-7 advantage at the 11:30 mark ... Pitt's lead did not fall below double-digits for the remainder of the game ... First career touchdown for Dennis and the third defensive touchdown scored by Pitt this season, all via interceptions. - ACC Football

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  10/25/21 - Carter Warren, rSr/2023, Pittsburgh, 6-6, 311 (DS#14 OT) + More +

  OCT 25 ACC CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Carter Warren, Pitt, Sr., OT, Paterson, N.J.,...Pitt's highest-graded offensive lineman in Saturday's 27-17 win over Clemson ... Did not allow a sack and was frequently at the point of attack for a rushing game that churned out 162 yards ... The Panthers totaled 464 total yards, the first time this season Clemson has yielded more than 400 yards in a game. - ACC Football

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  10/23/21 - Kenny Pickett, rSr/2022, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 219 (DS#1 QB) + More +

  Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett made the most of his Heisman Trophy showcase, throwing for 302 yards and two touchdowns as the 23rd-ranked Panthers topped Clemson 27-17 on Saturday. Pickett completed 25 of 39 passes to overtake Alex Van Pelt for the most career completions in school history. The fifth-year senior ran for two drive-extending dives late in the fourth quarter after the Tigers had drawn within 10. Senior linebacker SirVocea Dennis returned an ill-advised shovel pass by Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei 50 yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter that gave the Panthers a 14-point lead they never really threatened to give away.

Pitt (6-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) gained firm control of the ACC's Coastal Division by winning its fourth straight following a stunning home upset loss to Western Michigan last month. Clemson (4-3, 3-2) saw its chances for another Atlantic Division title take a massive hit thanks in large part to an offense that remains very much a problem with Halloween looming. Uiagalelei passed for just 128 yards and two picks and was briefly benched in favor of backup Taisu Phommachanh in the third quarter after his baffling shovel pass hit Dennis right in the middle of the No. 7 on the front of his jersey. Phommachanh failed to provide much of a spark, completing just 3 of 7 passes for 23 yards before Uiagalelei returned in the fourth quarter after Sam Scarton's 43-yard field goal gave the Panthers a 27-10 lead with 9:30 remaining. Uiagalelei did run for a 6-yard score with 7:56 remaining, but Pickett twice used his legs to turn convert on third downs as the Panthers ran out the clock while a giddy Heinz Field crowd celebrated. - Pittsburgh/AP College Football


(DS#1 QB) rSr/2022 QB Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
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  10/18/21 - Erick Hallett II, rSr/2023, Pittsburgh, 5-10, 195 (DS#21 FS) + More +

  OCT 18 ACC DEFENSIVE BACK OF THE WEEK: Erick Hallett II, Pitt, Jr., FS, Cypress, Texas,...Logged four tackles, two pass breakups and an interception from his free safety position in the Panthers' 28-7 win at Virginia Tech ... His interception came at the Virginia Tech 29, and Pitt converted the turnover into a short touchdown drive and 14-0 lead. - ACC Football

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