Mike White, who I know has an interesting history with this board and Pitt fans in general, did a deep dive into the numbers and it is pretty eye opening how little Pitt has recruited locally in recent years...
Prep Talk: For various reasons, Pitt no longer gets many WPIAL football recruits https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...arduzzi-wpial-recruiting/stories/202504300008 via @PittsburghPG
One of the numbers that jumps out - Pitt only got 13 of the 56 scholarship WPIAL/City League kids that signed with Power 5 conferences over the past seven years. There are a lot of interesting numbers in this article and regardless of how you feel about Mike or his motivations for writing this article it is all good data
Prep Talk: For various reasons, Pitt no longer gets many WPIAL football recruits https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...arduzzi-wpial-recruiting/stories/202504300008 via @PittsburghPG
One of the numbers that jumps out - Pitt only got 13 of the 56 scholarship WPIAL/City League kids that signed with Power 5 conferences over the past seven years. There are a lot of interesting numbers in this article and regardless of how you feel about Mike or his motivations for writing this article it is all good data
