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2024 Pitt Target Terhyon Nichols Commits to Kentucky

For the third time in a week, the Pitt Panthers missed on a four-star recruit.
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2024 Pitt Target Terhyon Nichols Commits to Kentucky
2024 Pitt Target Terhyon Nichols Commits to Kentucky

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers were a contender for four-star 2024 defensive back Terhyon Nichols right up until the very end, but ultimately won't able to lure the Ohio native away from 

Nichols announced this weekend that, from a final six of Pitt, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Cincinnati and Kentucky, he had chosen to join the Wildcats' next recruiting class. 

Nichols is a top-20 player in the state of Ohio, ranked as high as the No. 7 player in the state by On3, who also ranked him the No. 24 cornerback in the class and No. 187 overall player in the class.

He holds offers from Michigan, Pitt, Penn State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Alabama, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Louisville, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue, Ole Miss, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, Duke, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Syracuse, Illinois, West Virginia, Boston College and others.

Pitt already has three defensive backs - Tayshawn Banks, Nigel Maynard and Davion Pritchard, all three-star players - committed to their 2024 recruiting class. 

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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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