Breakout Off/Def player 2018

[kma0043]

Looking for everyone’s thoughts for offensive and defensive breakout Pitt players for this coming year. My picks:
Offense- Aaron Mathews. Big frame. Could become prime target for Pickett.
Defense- Dane Jackson. Thought he did well on the island at CB. Should be at least 2nd team ACC this season.

Thoughts?

 

[HailToPitt725]

Am I allowed to pick Paris Ford for both sides?

In all seriousness, I’ll go with Pickett and Jackson, with Ford being the wild card on defense and Charles Reeves the wild card on offense. I like the Matthews pick. If he ends up being the breakout star on offense, it probably means Pickett did good, too.

 

[BFo8]

I will go with:

Offense Jerry Drake Jr

Defense Damar Hamlin

 

[bobfree]

Not to be antagonistic but Dane Jackson already broke out

 

[daminals76]

Defense Dane Jackson

Offense Todd Sibley

 

[Tony Zimmermans Dennys Adversary]

Defense- Patrick Jones II was an absolute monster at the spring game.

Offense- Alex Kessman showed he had a HUGE leg last year. This year he really becomes a weapon.

 

[FireballZ]

Pickett and Ford are the obviously choices.

I’ll go w/ Tipton and Pinnock.

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

Is this one of those things where we make a fun guess and if we are wrong nothing comes of it, but if we turn out to be right, we get to throw out a small “told you so?”

 

[kma0043]

Not to be antagonistic but Dane Jackson already broke out

Well in a way yes, but what I was meaning by breaking out is a player becoming one of the best players on their side of the ball, winning ACC honors etc.

 

[HOF Coach]

Offense: Michael Smith (Torches the NitWits with 3 TDs)

Defense: Quinton Wirginis (The Leader of the Pack of the ACC's Top Defensive Unit)

Coaches: Shawn Watson (Who gets to run his offense schemes tailored to this team's strengths and not Matt Canada's that was tailored to a different skill set)

 

[PhPanther2]

Offense: AJ Davis
Defense: Keyshon Camp

 

[TFloss]

O: Tipton
D: Pine in a reserve role with like 8 sacks

 

[thebadby2]

Not to be antagonistic but Dane Jackson already broke out

Agree-same with Pickett.

I like P. Ford as an impact guy right away, maybe on both sides of the ball and in the return game.

Wirginis--not sure he still qualifiers as breakout, but he has never been a starter or healthy so we will get to see the real McCoy this year.

One of the receivers should become a breakout player, and we need one of them to. Maybe Matthews, maybe Tre Tipton who the coaches love and who was poised for big reps, but has never been healthy at Pitt.

 

[oldpanther]

Offense: AJ Davis
Defense: Keyshon Camp

My choice also.

 

[Salempanther2015]

I like Wirginis or Weaver on Defense
On offense I'll go with Drake, but Davis could also do some damage. A lot of these young guys are in a position to step up.

 

[WiseAndGlorious]

O: Tipton
D: Pine in a reserve role with like 8 sacks

If Pine has 8 sacks he won’t be a reserve long. Last year Idowu led the team with 5.

 

[jrnPitt]

Pickett and Ford are the obviously choices.

I’ll go w/ Tipton and Pinnock.

I like Pickett and Ford but I wonder if Ford will ever see the field outside of Punt and Kick Off Returns.

 

[FireballZ]

I like Pickett and Ford but I wonder if Ford will ever see the field outside of Punt and Kick Off Returns.

I hope you're right because if that's generally the only time that Ford is on the field, we may be in for a really special season!

 

[88Pitt88]

I hope you're right because if that's generally the only time that Ford is on the field, we may be in for a really special season!

O: Tre Tipton

D: Paris Ford. I believe that he will be starting at one of the safety positions right out of the gate. I haven't been this excited about a kid wearing the Pitt uniform in a longtime. He could help make this season very special!

 

[HunterHemsley]

O: Tre Tipton

D: Paris Ford. I believe that he will be starting at one of the safety positions right out of the gate. I haven't been this excited about a kid wearing the Pitt uniform in a longtime. He could help make this season very special!

I can see him being the ACC freshman of the year. He DOMINATED kids in high school, I don't see that changing in the ACC.

 

[rmf05]

Wirginis and Reeves.

I picked Tipton and Ford last season so if anything happens to these two, I should be immediately banned from this board.

 

[Celtsfan]

I'll go with TIPTON and CAMPBELL. I LOVED the way Campbell looked last year!!

 

[Swervin27]

Weaver on De. Smith on offense