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Pitt Football DT Calijah Kancey Earns Spot on Walter Camp Award Watch List

The Pitt Panthers' stud defensive lineman continues to rake in preseason accolades.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Football DT Calijah Kancey Earns Spot on Walter Camp Award Watch List
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PITTSBURGH -- Watch List season rolls on ahead of the start of training camps around the country. The Walter Camp Football Foundation is one organization assembling its list of candidates for one of the most prestigious awards in college football and Pitt Panther Calijah Kancey made the cut. 

Kancey was one of 52 players to be nominated for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. The anchor of Pitt's outstanding defensive line was one of just eight defenders to make the watch list and Kancey is the only one from the ACC. 

Alabama linebacker Will Anderson, Army backer Andre Carter II, Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter, Iowa State end Will McDonald, Crimson Tide defensive back Eli Ricks, Bulldog corner Kelee Ringo and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell make up the rest of the defensive standouts on the list.  

Kancey has already been named a contender for the Outland, Narguski and Lott IMPACT trophies following a first-team All-ACC season in 2021. 

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Stephen Thompson
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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