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Former Pitt DT Makes Pro Bowl History

Former Pitt Panthers defensive tackle Aaron Donald has been an ageless wonder in the NFL.

Stephen Thompson

Former Pitt DT Makes Pro Bowl History
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PITTSBURGH -- It's becoming an expected annual honor for former Pitt Panthers superstar Aaron Donald, who in his 10th season as a professional football player, has been selected to his 10th Pro Bowl. 

This makes Donald the first defensive lineman since 1970 to make the Pro Bowl in each of his first 10 seasons as an NFL player and his decade's worth of Pro Bowl selections are second in Pitt history only to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who amassed 11 during his storied career with the Arizona Cardinals. 

Donald's racked up 53 total tackles this season, 16 for a loss, eight sacks, 23 quarterback hits and three passes defended. Frequent double-teams still aren't slowing down the best defensive tackle in the NFL, even as he wraps up his age 32 season. 

Donald, the 2014 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year, has also won three overall Defensive Player of the Year awards and First-Team All-Pro selections in eight of his nine seasons. 

He dominated his senior season at Pitt in 2013, finishing the year having taken home ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors, in addition to the Nagurski, Lombardi and Bednarik Awards and the Outland Trophy and consensus first-team All-American honors. Donald's 66 career tackles for loss rank fourth all-time in NCAA history. 

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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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