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Recruiting Notebook: Pitt Gets in Early on Junior RB

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Recruiting Notebook: Pitt Gets in Early on Junior RB
Recruiting Notebook: Pitt Gets in Early on Junior RB

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PITTSBURGH -- With the regular season over, the Pitt Panthers are well into the portion of their calendar dedicated to recruiting. Before preparation for the Sun Bowl begins in earnest, coaches are all over the country looking for the next crop of future Panthers. 

Follow along here all day as Inside the Panthers keeps you updated on who Pitt is after. 

11:15 AM 

Pitt was the first FBS program to offer 2024 running back Trey Grant today, according to a report from Panther Lair's Jim Hammett. The 5'9, 194-pound junior rushed for a whopping 18 touchdowns for Trinity Episcopal High School in Virginia. Grant has visited Pitt this fall. He holds offers from Howard and Old Dominion, with in-state Power 5 programs Virginia and Virginia Tech showing early interest as well. 

10:30 AM

The Panthers are in a prime position to land three-star running back T.J. Harvison, according to 247Sports. Harvison visited Pittsburgh days after rushing for more than 200 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a state title win for Bowdon High School. New quarterback commit Ty Diffenbach and his family were reportedly applying the full-court press on Harvison during the visit. 

Kansas is the primary competitor, with Kentucky, Colorado, Michigan State, Boston College and Ole Miss also involved. 

8:45 AM 

Two new high school prospects now hold offers from the Panthers. 

Brennan Johnson, an unrated linebacker from Virginia picked up a Pitt offer recently. Johnson, a 6'0 and 190-pound sophomore, holds offers from Maimi (OH), Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Penn State and Virginia Tech.

The Panthers continued to recruit Belen Jesuit High School intensely, offering a third prospect from the school in 24 hours. Davion Dixon, a 6'3, 300-pound sophomore defensive lineman from Miami, Florida, added an offer from Pitt to his impressive list of interests. Auburn, Louisville, Florida State, Penn State, Michigan State and Syracuse are already involved.

Add another 2025 defensive back to that mix after 6'1, 170-pound Alex Graham of Class Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan received an offer from secondaries coach Archie Collins. Michigan has recruited Graham the hardest so far, but Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State and Tennesee have gotten in on his recruitment as well. 

7:00 AM

The Panthers have handed out a few more scholarship offers. Brandon Davis-Swain, a four-star linebacker, a top-100 recruit in the class of 2024 and a teammate of another Pitt target, Kari Jackson - also got an offer. Notre Dame, Michigan State, Kentucky, Illinois and West Virginia are pursuing him the hardest.  

Sticking in the state of Michigan, a sophomore offensive lineman/defensive tackle, Avery Gach of Birmingham Groves High School has been offered by the Panthers. Maryland, Penn State, Michigan and Ohio State have already extended offers. 

Bryce Fitzgerald, a sophomore receiver from Miami, Florida picked one up too. Syracuse was the first school to extend an offer to Fitzgerald. 

Unrated 2024 running back Khamani Alexander of Belen Jesuit High School - same as Fitzgerald - rounds out the crop of high schoolers to pick up Pitt offers overnight. Alexander holds offers from Syracuse, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee and Marshall as well. 

6:30 PM

Pat Narduzzi and Corey Sanders were in Florida last night, visiting one of the top recruits committed to the Panthers in the 2023 class, three-star defensive lineman Antonio Camon.  

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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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