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Report: Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec Making Position Change

After being demoted from his starting job, Phil Jurkovec is looking for another way to make an impact for the Pitt Panthers.
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Report: Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec Making Position Change
Report: Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec Making Position Change

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PITTSBURGH -- After being demoted to third-string quarterback, Phil Jurkovec is looking for another way to make an impact on the field for the Pitt Panthers. 

According to a report from Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the former Panthers starter at quarterback made a position change to tight end at practice this week. 

With the Panthers mired in a 1-4 start and struggling offensively, they decided to bench starting quarterback Phil Jurkovec this week, according to a report Hiles, and will start back up Christian Veilleux in their next game against No. 25 Louisville in Week 7. He was demoted to third-string behind Nate Yarnell, according to Hiles' report. 

Jurkovec certainly has the size to play tight end at 6'5 and 245 pounds. He has shown some athletic ability running with the football. He had been a quarterback - and a good one - all the way through high school. If he has any experience as a tight end, it came when he was a kid. 

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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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