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Eastern Michigan Transfer WR Darius Lassiter Adds Pitt Offer

The Pitt Panthers have added a transfer wide receiver to their recruiting board.

Stephen Thompson

Eastern Michigan Transfer WR Darius Lassiter Adds Pitt Offer
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have lost three reserve wide receivers to the transfer portal since the beginning of the 2022 season and one more left to pursue a career in professional football. As a result, the Panthers have been aggressive in the transfer portal pursuing pass catchers to restore some depth to the receivers' room. 

A new target is on the board for Pitt after redshirt sophomore Myles Alston opted to enter the transfer portal at the end of the spring practices. Eastern Michigan transfer Darius Lassiter, who announced his intent to transfer just two days ago, has earned 10 offers since entering the portal and one of them came from the Panthers. 

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Lassiter's other offers came from Toledo, Texas State, James Madison, UNLV, East Carolina, Middle Tennessee, Boston College and BYU. He has two years of eligibility remaining.

Lassiter, a former two-star recruit coming out of Butler Community College in Kansas (the same JuCo Panthers tight end Karter Johnson attended), caught 51 passes for 923 yards and 13 touchdowns over 17 games. In his lone season at Eastern Michigan, Lassiter caught 40 balls for 471 yards and four scores. 

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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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