Pitt made a move Friday to bolster a position that needed help. After losing three players over the past four months, Pitt secured a verbal commitment from transfer wide receiver Daejon Reynolds. #H2P what’s good! pic.twitter.com/w9FBnIO7zk— DR (@DaejonReynolds) January 20, 2023 Reynolds (6-foot-2, 204 pounds) was rated a four-star prospect
Daejon Reynolds a four-star wide receiver and transfer from the University of Florida, has committed to Pitt, a source told Pittsburgh Sports Now. Reynolds has been committed to Pitt and has already enrolled in classes for the spring 2023 semester. There was always a chance that Jared Wayne would come back for one more season, but even if he did, Pitt needed wide receivers. Wayne declared for the draft after the Sun Bowl, and Pitt's need for impact wide receivers only grew more important. Reynolds' commitment gives wide receivers coach Tiquan Underwood and the coaching staff a wideout with potential and three
It hasn't been an easy year for Jaylon Barden, and Pat Narduzzi admitted that Pitt's staff hasn't always made it easy on the speedy junior. There's been a bit of learning too much for Pitt's wide receivers this season, trying to fill up with as many roles as possible and not knowing any as opposed to honing in on one area perfectly, and that's a bit of what happened with Barden. When Bub Means wasn't able to go Saturday against Louisville, Barden wasn't able to step seamlessly into his outside receiver position because he hadn't been practicing for it. “He
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Pitt nets 21 prospects in Class of 2021 at the end of unique year for recruiting [The Tribune-Review, Greensburg]
Dec. 17 The process that brought 21 letters of intent onto Pat Narduzzi’s computer via DocuSign on Wednesday morning “I think the fax machine is officially dead,” he said gained intensity in the spring while Pitt’s coaches were quarantined by covid-19.
“We were obsessed with recruiting,” Narduzzi said, noting his coaches worked 12-hour days with nothing else to do. “We didn’t have our players.”
And, thanks to covid, the process hasn’t ended.
None of the 21 prospects took official visits to the Pitt campus. Five of them visited unofficially at their parents’ expense when NCAA rules did not permit them to meet with anyone.