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Recruiting Notebook: Three-Star Linebacker Simeon Coleman Puts Pitt in Top-10

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Recruiting Notebook: Three-Star Linebacker Simeon Coleman Puts Pitt in Top-10
Recruiting Notebook: Three-Star Linebacker Simeon Coleman Puts Pitt in Top-10

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PITTSBURGH -- With the 2022 season over, the Pitt Panthers are well into the portion of their calendar dedicated to recruiting. Fresh off a dramatic win in the Sun Bowl, Pitt is hitting the recruiting trail hard.

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

2:00 PM 

Pitt made the top-10 for Simeon Coleman, a three-star linebacker from Baltimore, Maryland. He is the teammate of 2023 commit Isaiah Neal at St. Frances Academy and both 247Sports and Rivals have him ranked as the 15th-best player in his state. 

1:00 PM

The Panthers extended offers to two new 2024 prospects - Chasen Johnson and Cai Bates - today. Bates is a three-star athlete from Orlando, Florida and Johnson is a 6'1 cornerback and track star from Seminole High School in Florida as well.  

10:30 AM

Blue-chip 2024 linebacker Qua Birdsong's latest offer came from the Pitt Panthers. Birdsong, the No. 17 linebacker in the class, is a consensus four-star prospect and holds offers from Notre Dame, USC, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Michigan State, Virginia Tech and others. Georgia, Florida State, Auburn and Clemson have shown interest as well.  

7:00 AM

According to a report from Pittsburgh Sports Now, 2024 offensive lineman Ryan Howerton has Pitt in his top-two. Howerton visited the Steel City this weekend for junior day and the Panthers made a strong impression. He has visited James Madison, Maryland and Penn State as well. 

6:30 AM

The results of Junior Day photoshoots are have rolled in fast a furious from the prospects who visited Pitt this past weekend. Recruits shared them on Twitter after heading home from their visits. 

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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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