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Pitt Contacts Former Ivy League DL

The Pitt Panthers are looking to add depth to the defensive line through the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are slated to lose a slew of upperclassmen defensive linemen this offseason to graduation and, before the 2023 season has come to a conclusion, they've begun to look in the transfer portal for replacements. 

Pitt contacted former Penn defensive lineman Joey Slackman just one day after he entered the transfer portal. They were one of six schools to reach out during his first day of open recruitment. 

Slackman, a 2022 All-Ivy League selection, has racked up 115 total tackes, 25 TFLs, 11 sacks, three passes defended and two forced fumbles over 28 games with the Quakers in three seasons. The 6'4, 300-pound defensive tackle recorded 12 sacks in just nine games so far this season. 

UConn, BYU, Houston, Rutgers, and Illinois are the only teams besides Pitt to have reached out to Slackman so far. 

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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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