WR Jaylon Barden Will Start for Pitt at North Carolina

PITTSBURGH -- The college football season is in its ninth week and the Pitt Panthers, who have been hampered by injuries all season, have had to play three full games without at least one starting receiver. When Rhode Island, Jared Wayne was sidelined. Against Virginia Tech, Konata Mumpfield sat out.

When the Panthers traveled to Louisville, it was Bub Means' turn to be bitten by the injury bug right before kickoff. It was a struggle to get his backup, Jaylon Barden up to speed in time and it led to some disjointed movement on offense since he was playing out of position and had to learn its ins and outs on the fly.

"It wasn't fair to [Barden]," Narduzzi said.

This week will be different, though. Barden's had a full week of practice at and nail down one position and that will allow him to start this week when the Panthers travel to North Carolina, head coach Pat Narduzzi said.

Narduzzi added that Cam Guess, who replaced Sam Vander Haar at punter last week, will punt for Pitt again this week.

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