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Pitt Freshman Works Out with Former Panther, NFL Star

An incoming Pitt Panthers freshman worked out with Aaron Donald this week.
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Pitt Freshman Works Out with Former Panther, NFL Star
Pitt Freshman Works Out with Former Panther, NFL Star

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PITTSBURGH -- Cruce Brookins is taking advantage of his proximity to the Pitt Panthers practice facility. As a Pittsburgh native, he's been able to spend some time working out at his future home and this week he had a special partner with him. 

Brookins posted a picture from the facility with former Panthers and current Los Angeles Rams superstar Aaron Donald, who he went through drills with at the indoor facility of the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. 

Brookins, a 6'1, 180-pound defensive back, is from Homestead, Pennsylvania - about a 20-minute drive from Pitt's campus in Oakland - and attended Steel Valley High School. He announced he had chose the Panthers over Syracuse and Cincinnati on Signing Day last year. 247Sports ranked him as the No. 10 player in Pennsylvania at the time of his commitment. 

Pitt jumped on Brookins quickly after he decommitted from Kent State in early December. One day later, he had an offer from the Panthers and 10 days after that, he was on campus for an official visit. 

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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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