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Former Pitt Commit Flips to West Virginia

A former Pitt Panthers commit has flipped again to West Virginia.

Stephen Thompson

Former Pitt Commit Flips to West Virginia
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will be seeing more of Ric'Darius Farmer but it won't be because he's joining their latest recruiting class. 

In fact, the former four-star recruit and one-time Pitt commit announced that he had flipped his commitment for the second time and would join rival West Virginia to begin his college career next year. 

Farmer was the second 2024 prospect give a verbal commitment to the Panthers, way back on Christmas Day in 2022, but he flipped to UCF his past summer and has now flipped again to a school in the same conference. 

The consensus four-star prospect held other offers from South Florida, Penn State, Nebraska, Georgia Tech, Miami, Texas A&M, Missouri, Purdue, Minnesota, Michigan State, Virginia and others, but has ultimately chosen the Mountaineers. 

Farmer is ranked as high as the No. 31 player in Florida and No. 40 wide receiver in the class of 2024. 

The Panthers added just one wideout - three-star Cameron Monteiro - with their 2024 recruiting class after bringing in five (four freshmen and one transfer) during the 2023 cycle. 

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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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