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Pitt DT Calijah Kancey to Miss Bowl Game with Shoulder Injury

The Pitt Panthers' star defensive tackle announced that he would not play in the bowl game.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt DT Calijah Kancey to Miss Bowl Game with Shoulder Injury
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PITTSBURGH -- With so many accolades already under his belt and a bright future in the NFL ahead of him, Calijah Kancey has to make a business decision. After a shoulder injury hampered the Pitt Panthers' star defensive tackle for the final two weeks of the regular season, he announced he would have to miss the team's bowl game. 

"I left it all on the field in 2022," Kancey said in a statement on Twitter. "I was disappointed to not play at Miami, in my hometown. Unfortunately, I will also be out for the bowl game, but I look forward to helping my teammates prepare. Thanks to the best trainers in the country at Pitt, I know they will help me get back to 100% very soon."

Kancey, recently named 2022 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, is all but certainly not returning to Pitt for his senior season. After amassing 91 total tackles, 34.5 for a loss and 16 sacks over 33 games in three years as a Panther, he is destined to make a lot of money as an early NFL Draft pick this spring. 

Kancey left in the third quarter of Pitt's final home game against Duke two weeks ago and did not travel with the team to Miami for the season finale against the Hurricanes. 

Pitt will learn where they are headed and who they'll play in their postseason matchup in two days. 

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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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