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WR Gavin Thomson Earns Pitt Football Scholarship

After a strong fall summer camp for the Pitt Panthers, walk-on receiver Gavin Thomson was put on scholarship.
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WR Gavin Thomson Earns Pitt Football Scholarship
WR Gavin Thomson Earns Pitt Football Scholarship

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PITTSBURGH -- The end of fall training camp brought good news for walk-on wide receiver Gavin Thomson, who learned that he's been put on scholarship this morning during a team meeting prior to the team's "rehearsal scrimmage". Pitt Panthers offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti Tweeted the news. 

Thomson has impressed his Pitt coaches throughout training camp, working with the team's top group of receivers. He joined the program as a walk-on in 2019 and redshirted. He appeared in five games primarily as a special teamer during the 2020 season and caught a pair of passes for 12 yards in the season opener vs. Austin Peay. He played in six more games last year as a reserve wideout. 

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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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