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Pitt Football's Calijah Kancey, SirVocea Dennis Land on Lombardi Award Watch List

More preseason accolades have arrived for the stars of the Pitt Panthers' front seven.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Football's Calijah Kancey, SirVocea Dennis Land on Lombardi Award Watch List
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PITTSBURGH -- Watch list season continues to roll on as college football players from around the country begin the first stage of preparation for the real games that kick off beginning at the end of this month. The front seven of the Pitt Panthers has already been laden with praise this offseason, but the accolades aren't done rolling in. 

Defensive tackle Calijah Kancey and linebacker SirVocea Dennis, two key leaders in Pitt's defense, were named to the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List on Monday. It's given by the Rotary Club of Houston to the best linebacker or lineman in college football for that year. 

Dennis and Kancey make up part of the outstanding 'spine' of Pitt's defense. Dennis, the Panthers' leading tackler from a season ago, was named a second team All-ACC player last year while Kancey earned first team honors along the line. Kancey is up for a multitude of national awards, including the Walter Camp Player of the Year, Chuck Bednarik Award and Outland Trophy. 

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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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