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Pitt F William Jeffress Cleared from Injury

The Pitt Panthers will get back a key veteran wing this season.
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Pitt F William Jeffress Cleared from Injury
Pitt F William Jeffress Cleared from Injury

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PITTSBURGH -- A foot injury kept him sidelined for all of the 2022-23 season and cost the Pitt Panthers one of their best wing defenders, but William Jeffress has been cleared from that injury and will be back with the team in a full capacity this fall. 

Pitt head coach Jeff Capel shared the news of Jeffress' return with CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Jeffress suffered his injury last November, underwent surgery in December and just got back to practice when the team began their NCAA Tournament run in March.

Jeffress was one of the highest-rated recruits Capel had ever brought to Pittsburgh, but he's young relative to his peers after graduating from high school a year early. Jeffress has averaged 3.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in 47 career contests - 20 of which were starts - in a Pitt uniform. He became known as a solid, versatile defender as well. 

Pitt hoped to get a medical redshirt fo Jeffress so he could retain all three remaining years of eligibility. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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