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Nine Pitt Football Seniors Named Candidates for East-West Shrine Bowl

The Panthers landed nine players on a watchlist for the pre-draft exhibition game.

Stephen Thompson

Nine Pitt Football Seniors Named Candidates for East-West Shrine Bowl
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PITTSBURGH -- The experienced Pitt Panthers enter 2023 with much of their starting offense and defense populated by carry-overs from their 2021 ACC Champion team and the few holes that do exist have been filled by veterans from the transfer portal. As a result, the team's seniors have earned early recognition in professional scouting circles. 

Nine players in their final seasons with the Panthers have been named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1,000, a very early watchlist comprised of seniors from around the country that officials will be paying close attention to. 

The nine Panthers on the extensive list are defensive end Deslin Alexandre, edge rusher Habakkuk Baldonado, inside linebacker SirVocea Dennis, safety Erick Hallett, offensive guard Gabe Houy, offensive tackle Carter Warren,  quarterback Kedon Slovis, offensive guard Jake Kradel and outside linebacker Tylar Wiltz. 

Should these Pitt seniors impress the scouts, they will play in the East-West Shrine Bowl, a pre-draft exhibition in which they can give one last game's worth of film against other draft-eligible players. 

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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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