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Pitt Adds Second Explosive Western Carolina Transfer

The Pitt Panthers have made another splash in the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Adds Second Explosive Western Carolina Transfer
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are on a roll this weekend and have made yet another addition through the transfer portal as new offensive coordinator Kade Bell lures a second former player from his old school to the Steel City. 

Desmond Reid, an explosive running back formerly of Western Carolina, announced on Twitter that he had committed to Pitt just hours after teammate C.J. Lee announced that he had done the same.  

Pitt was the first Power 5 school to extend an offer to the 5'8, 175-pound tailback. Coastal Carolina and Charlotte also offered since Reid entered the portal. He visited the Chanticleers earlier this month.

Reid was tied for the highest Pro Football Focus grade of any running back in the FCS in 2023. He played in just eight games last season but still rushed for 897 yards and 13 touchdowns. Reid has accounted for 2,218 total yards and 18 touchdowns on 292 touches throughout his two seasons at Western Carolina.

He was named 2022 SoCon Freshman of the Year and has earned second-team All-SoCon honors twice. 

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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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