ESPN Analyst Ranks Pitt DB Unit Third in ACC
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will have one of the best defensive back units in the ACC next season if one ESPN analyst is right.
David Hale has helped lead coverage of ACC football for the better part of the last decade and he sees Pitt as a team with a top-tier unit of defensive backs. He ranked them third in the league, trailing only Florida State and NC State.
"Pitt led ACC in contested catch [percentage] and adjQBR and was second in adjusted completion percentage. [It returns] two really good veteran corners. The biggest question is whether they get the same production up front (second in pressured dropbacks)," Hale wrote on Twitter. "Still... Pitt had best QBR in the ACC by a wide margin when NOT getting pressure last year."
Each of the Panthers' three top cornerbacks - Marquis Williams, M.J. Devonshire and A.J. Woods - but does face some turnover at safety, where they will tap Donovan McMillon, P.J. O'Brien and Javon McIntyre to replace two multi-year starters in Erick Hallett and Brandon Hill.
Hale added that he believes Devonshire will be an all-conference player this coming season. Devonshire was the only Panther he listed in a very early prediction of the All-ACC defensive backfield.
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