The 6-foot-6, 246-pound Florida junior tight end by way of Wood was so good that he could catch passes in the dark.
The NFL Draft on April 29 is approaching fast and Pitts could very well be the first non-quarterback taken. Most prognosticators see the former Catholic League standout and first-team All-SEC selection going within the first six picks.
There’s no way Pitts will be there at No. 12 where the Eagles are.
Maybe due to all of those passes Pitts caught in the dark.
None of this surprises Devlin.
“Not at all, because Kyle would do everything you would ask him to do,” said Devlin, who’ll be entering his fourth year as the defensive coordinator at Ursinus College, where Florida head coach Dan Mullen happened to graduate. “Kyle just worked. He put the commitment in then to be better. Kyle is still the same person. The demands are nuts, with everyone coming at him, the media and NFL teams.