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With recruiting about to pick back up, people always ask what our scholarship situation is, so I figured I'd take a second to put this together (Updated 12/16). A few notes:

- Including currently committed recruits, there are 85 names listed below
- This includes all possible Super Seniors for 2023, but obviously many of these guys will not be back
- Calijah Kancey and/or Israel Abanikanda are likely to depart early for the NFL, but are listed for now
- Anybody who has entered the Transfer Portal as of this morning is not included, and I would expect at least a few more guys to go
- Since Habakkuk Baldonado and SirVocea Dennis both accepted invites to postseason bowl games, I am assuming they are gone
- Rashad Battle, Brandon George, and Buddy Mack each had not redshirted prior to 2022 and played in less than four games this year, so I'm assuming they'll all take a redshirt
- All of our Freshmen this year will redshirt, except for Sam Vander Haar
- If a player's name is in red font, that means they have used a redshirt going into 2023; if a player has an asterisk next to their name, they are Super Senior eligible at some point beyond 2023

Super Seniors (15):
QB - Phil Jurkovec
QB - Nick Patti
RB - Vincent Davis
RB - C'Bo Flemister
WR - Jared Wayne
OL - Jake Kradel
OL - Blake Zubovic
DE - Chris Maloney
DT - Tyler Bentley
DT - Devin Danielson
DT - David Green
LB - Shayne Simon
DB - Erick Hallett
DB - Marquis Williams
DB - A.J. Woods

Seniors (18):
RB - Israel Abanikanda*
RB - Daniel Carter*
WR - Gavin Thomson*
TE - Dylan Deveney*
TE - Karter Johnson*
OL - Jason Collier*
OL - Matt Goncalves*
OL - Ryan Jacoby*
DE - Bam Brima*
DE - Dayon Hayes*
DE - Nate Temple*
DT - Deandre Jules*
DT - Calijah Kancey*
LB - Brandon George*
LB - Bangally Kamara*
DB - M.J. Devonshire*
DB - Brandon Hill*
PK - Sam Scarton*

Juniors (13):
RB - Rodney Hammond
WR - Bub Means*
WR - Konata Mumpfield
TE - Gavin Bartholomew
OL - Branson Taylor*
LB - Solomon DeShields*
LB - Aydin Henningham*
LB - Buddy Mack*
DB - Rashad Battle*
DB - Donovan McMillon
DB - P.J. O'Brien
DB - Jahvante Royal*
PK - Ben Sauls*

Sophomores (15):
QB - Nate Yarnell
WR - Myles Alston
TE - Cole Mitchell
TE - Jake Renda
OL - Trey Andersen
OL - Terrence Enos
OL - Terrence Moore
DE - Nahki Johnson
DT - Elliot Donald
DT - Dorien Ford
DB - Noah Biglow
DB - Tamarion Crumpley
DB - Stephon Hall
DB - Javon McIntyre
PK - Sam Vander Haar

RS Freshmen (9):
WR - Addison Copeland
WR - Che Nwabuko
OL - Ryan Baer
OL - Isaiah Montgomery
DE - Samuel Okunlola
DE - Jimmy Scott
DT - Sean FitzSimmons
LB - Kyle Louis
DB - Ryland Gandy

Recruits (15):
QB - Ty Dieffenbach
RB - T.J. Harvison
RB - Montravius Lloyd
WR - Kenny Johnson
WR - Lamar Seymore
OL - Ryan Carretta
OL - Tai Ray
OL - B.J. Williams
DE - Antonio Camon
DT - Isaiah Neal
LB - Jordan Bass
LB - Rasheem Biles
LB - Braylan Lovelace
DB - Jesse Anderson
DB - Shadarian Harrison

Is there an updated list of Pitt players that are in the portal?

See that 722 players nationwide entered the portal today, just wondering who from Pitt may have joined Slovis, Bradley, Anderson and Williams.

Voting tonite

R.I.P.

Tony Grimes - CB

PITT coming in at 79, which is 7th in ACC. Solid wins at NC State and Northwestern. Loss to 11 WVU and neutral site Quad 3 to VCU and Michigan. Vandy is Quad 3 and is a must win, however, should be pleased with initial standing as does make an at large run potentially feasible.

If it seemed like there was a lot of quarterback activity for Pitt on Monday, it's because there was, as the Panthers lost one quarterback to transfer, added one quarterback via transfer and landed a commitment from a high school recruit. On today's Morning Pitt, we're breaking down all of the latest developments.

That we’re actually playing as a group and getting more out of our team than the individual parts.

We’ve had some fun wins due to strong individual talents/performances but it’s been awesome to see a roster that isn’t that great on paper just come together and play so well!

Is a cool matchup, liking that. I think I’ll go to that game

Glad he reached his goal. He’s the kind of guy we should be happy to have represent Pitt on and off the field.

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Just kidding.
That's Vuk's shtick. 🤭

Should be interesting. We would have been in last year, that would have been fun. Unfortunately I think the nits will have a better chance now with one of the 6 at large spots. Easy OOC and B1G schedule guarantees them a top 10 ranking even with the annual OSU & Michigan beat downs, as witnessed this year.

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Now that we live in a Portal world where there are no longer an annual 25 scholarship limit (just 85 scholarship max limit), some HCs have decided to game the system…

There are some who are goin’ “Full Deion/Lincoln Riley” where they tell a large portion of their team: “Pack your things. You no longer have a home here”…

They then go to their NIL Exchange Managers and say: “Here’s what I need in terms of $$$$. Make it happen”.

At that point the HC (like a NFL GM) & Unlimited Administrative Football Staff (like a Capologist) determine how to apply the NIL monies to “ensure” signings.

HCs are now looking to re-configure upwards of 30% of their roster in one year…

Huge SEC/B1G schools with highly capitalized NIL organizational structures will run rough-shod over the less capitalized NIL schools…

The result?

1. Inequitable competition. The rich NIL schools will most assuredly dominate the competition for Championships.
2. Many more student athletes will lose opportunities than ever before. Student athletes that once were able to stay and backfill starters, will now be told they must leave (losing out on a more valuable education/degree from that particular school).

Some fans of an A&M or Bama or Ohio State etc may relish the prospect of even greater dominance over the FBS landscape…. But, many more will increasingly realize that this model is both unsustainable and compromised…. And, many fans will slowly check out (see drop off in popularity of MLB from early 1990s to present)…

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In the middle of the night, we were leading the ACC. Why should the rest of the games be counted? We WON the ACC!!!!

I assume you will have some article out later about where the coaches were todsy and such but I was wondering where Andre Powell was heading to in Florida. He was on the same flight to Orlando as my dad this morning. Thanks

On the active roster for tonight’s Bucs-Saints game.