2014-2015 Pitt Super Panthers Football Thread

[newarenanow]

They are also playing up the program's historical strengths -- eg, countless images of the College Football Hall of Famers who have played there, images of the Pitt alums who are also in the Pro Hall, etc. In the last decade alone, they've had the best RB (McCoy), best WR (Fitz), and best CB (Revis) in the NFL at certain times.

"Oh yea? We have the best mayo on white bread (no crust) sandwiches." -- Paul Chryst's opener to any recruit

And now it seems like Aaron Donald is making his mark as well. Defensive rookie of the year

[Dickie Dunn]

First commit of the Narduzzi era. Jay Stocker, 6'2, 186 pound safety from Coatesville, PA. Three-star recruit ranked by Rivals as the 11th best player in the state. ESPN has him as the 33rd best safety in the country and the 8th best recruit in PA. Other offers included Wisconsin, Boston College, Cincy, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, and West Virginia.

[skullman80]

Hey a guy that actually had offers from other legit schools. Crazy.

[Dickie Dunn]

Here's a link to his page on Hudl. Its worth a look. Solid athlete and hits like a ton of bricks. Definitely plays bigger than 185.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2170049/hig ... /210356376

[Dickie Dunn]

Second commitment of the night. Shawn Curtis, LB from Miami. 6'3, 247 pounds, will probably be moved to DE. Rivals has him at 2 stars, 24/7 Sports has him at 3 stars. Other offers included Wisconsin, Army, Duke, Illinois, UCF, and Mississippi State.

[ulf]

Take that, Paul

[slappybrown]

Hey a guy that actually had offers from other legit schools. Crazy.

It's a bold strategy recruiting non-MAC level players.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

All out strokefest for Pitt fans right now. Most excitement since toddy Graham rolled into tahn. The big difference is narduzzi is borderline yinzer so this feels so much better

[columbia]

HE EATS PIEROGIES.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

We are all idiots

[columbia]

The act of being a Pitt fan is the highest order yinzerdom; not unlike seeking nirvana.

[ulf]

H2P

[Letang Is The Truth]

Hey a guy that actually had offers from other legit schools. Crazy.

It's a bold strategy recruiting non-MAC level players.

dont bring the most athletic conference in to this

MACtion

[Dickie Dunn]

Here's Shawn Curtis' highlight video. No idea what level his high school plays at, but most of the video is him absolutely destroying people.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2525508/hig ... /165599375

[slappybrown]

FYI

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[44windmill]

Here's a link to his page on Hudl. Its worth a look. Solid athlete and hits like a ton of bricks. Definitely plays bigger than 185.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2170049/hig ... /210356376

Sounds like a perfect Dixon recruit. Is he a dual sport athlete?

[Dickie Dunn]

Here's a link to his page on Hudl. Its worth a look. Solid athlete and hits like a ton of bricks. Definitely plays bigger than 185.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2170049/hig ... /210356376

Sounds like a perfect Dixon recruit. Is he a dual sport athlete?

I laughed.


And then I cried.

[Dickie Dunn]

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/ ... a-presence

[Stoosh]

Curtis and Stocker had both been on Chryst's radar, but neither seemed to be high priorities. Narduzzi and his assistants went after both of these kids very hard.

There are reports that they're also close to a commitment from Florida CB Kenyatta Anderson (three-star, 6'1", 190), who wasn't on Pitt's radar until a week ago. Was probably being recruited by Conklin and Harley when they were at FIU.

Back to LB. Another impressive prospect is current commit Kevin Givens from Altoona HS. Giving credit where credit is due, Chryst secured a commitment from Givens a while back. His senior year highlight film is unreal. Keep in mind, Altoona is playing AAAA in the WPIAL.

What Givens does to the RT in the clip at the 1:02 mark is almost unfair.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2023481/hig ... /206626382

[slappybrown]

It is delicious that both Stocker and Curtis were offered by Wisconsin.

[Dickie Dunn]

The Pat Signal went up on Twitter about 2 hours ago. Recruit #3: Anthony McKee, 6'2, 195 pound LB from Columbus. Rivals has him as a 3 star, 23rd prospect in Ohio, 36th LB nationwide. ESPN puts him at a 4 star, 12th in the state, and 25th LB. Other offers included Michigan State, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Never got the OSU offer than he was looking for. Played FS and WR in high school but he's expected to put on some size in college. Also runs a 4.50 40.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4027240/anthony-mckee-jr

It is delicious that both Stocker and Curtis were offered by Wisconsin.

Now 3 for 3. Two of the three were also offered by WVU, which makes me feel warm inside.

[skullman80]

Pretty damn exciting.

[newarenanow]

Narduzzi with a nice last 24 hours.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

PITT FANS REMEMBER PITT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME AND PERFERCT AND RETIRE NARDUZZI'S NUMBER

[shafnutz05]

First commit of the Narduzzi era. Jay Stocker, 6'2, 186 pound safety from Coatesville, PA. Three-star recruit ranked by Rivals as the 11th best player in the state. ESPN has him as the 33rd best safety in the country and the 8th best recruit in PA. Other offers included Wisconsin, Boston College, Cincy, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, and West Virginia.

This is a nice commit (no trolling). Coatesville is in western Chester County, yet it's an absolutely awful city/school system, basically a giant ghetto in the middle of rural farmland. We went out of our way to avoid this school district when we moved out here (we live about 15 minutes away), because it is basically like East St. Louis. In other words, this dude is probably a solid athlete and football player.