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Report: Pitt F To Redshirt Freshman Year

Pitt Panthers freshman Marlon Barnes will take a redshirt during his first college season.

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Report: Pitt F To Redshirt Freshman Year
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will hold back one of their 2023 recruits from game action this year and preserve a year of eligibility for him. 

According to a report from George Michalowski of Pittsburgh Sports Now, Pitt freshman Marlon Barnes Jr. will redshirt his first season as a Panther. 

Barnes arrived at Pitt as a three-star recruit out of Brush High School in Cleveland, Ohio. He held offers from Cleveland State and Miami, plus interests from Xavier, Rutgers, UCLA and UNLV, before committing to the Panthers. Barnes, a 6'6 and 190-pound small forward, was ranked as the No. 8 player in Ohio coming out of high school last year. 

As a wing, Barnes is stuck behind some players on the depth chart who are almost certain to take up large shares of minutes. Neither Blake Hinson, nor Zack Austin will sit for very long and when they do, Will Jeffress and Jorge Diaz Graham have been the top options for head coach Jeff Capel off the bench. 

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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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