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Pitt LB Enters Transfer Portal

The Pitt Panthers lost a veteran reserve linebacker to the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt LB Enters Transfer Portal
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PITTSBURGH -- The first Pitt Panthers scholarship player from the 2023 roster to enter the transfer portal has made his decision public this week.  

Reserve linebacker Brandon George announced on Twitter that he will leave Pitt this offseason and use his final season of eligibility at another school. 

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George, who joined the Panthers for the 2019 season as a true freshman, played in 52 games over his five seasons in blue and gold, accounting for 117 total tackles, 11 for loss, two sacks, an interception, and three passes defended. 

This past season was his best to date. Coming off a 2022 season in which he was limited to four games because of an injury, he set career-highs in tackles, sacks, and interceptions. 

The Panthers have a healthy group of young linebackers waiting behind George and Shayne Simon, who has exhausted his college eligibility. Starters Solomon DeShields and Bangally Kamara are eligible to return to Pitt and Kyle Louis, Braylan Lovelace and Jordan Bass, who all took some reserve snaps as freshmen, are expected to return as well. 

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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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