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Former Pitt LB Transfers to South Carolina

Former Pitt Panthers linebacker Bangally Kamara has found his new home.

Stephen Thompson

Former Pitt LB Transfers to South Carolina
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PITTSBURGH -- Former Pitt Panthers linebacker Bangally Kamara has found a new home where he'll play out the rest of his college career. 

Kamara, a two-year starter for the Panthers, announced on Twitter that he had committed to South Carolina. He is the second former Pitt defender to join the Gamecocks through the transfer portal with defensive tackle Deandre Jules having already committed last month. 

Kamara, a former three-star recruit from Akron, Ohio, has started 21 games over the past two seasons and amassed 117 total tackles, 11.5 for loss, five sacks, an interception and nine passes defended over four seasons at Pitt.

2023 was his best season to date, as he set new or tied old career-highs in tackles, tackles for loss and sacks despite playing in just 10 games.

Kamara's departure left a gaping hole in the Panthers' linebacker corps going into 2024. Solomon DeShields was the only starter slated to return and even though freshmen Kyle Louis, Braylan Lovelance and Jordan Bass saw some limited playing time in 2023, the departures of Brandon George, Shayne Simon and Kamara left Pitt with few proven players at that position.

But the Panthers have done well to reload their linebackers room since Kamara's departure. George exited the transfer portal and will remain at Pitt next season and the Panthers added a former all-conference linebacker from Ohio in Keye Thompson this week. 

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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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