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Pitt Loses Second LB To Transfer Portal

Another Pitt Panthers linebacker will hit the transfer portal.

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have lost a second linebacker to the transfer portal this week as the offseason shifts into high gear. 

Aydin Henningham, a former three-star athlete recruit out of the class of 2020, announced this week on Twitter that he would leave Pitt and enter the transfer portal. 

Henningham, a 6'2 and 225-pound linebacker from Delray Beach, Florida out of Deerfield High School, appeared in just six games as a Panther, all of them coming in his freshman season, when he was limited to a special teams role. 

He redshirted in 2021 and did not play in any games during the 2022 season after suffering an injury in the preseason. 

The former top-100 recruit in the state of Florida per ESPN and Rivals will have two years of eligibility to use at his new school, wherever that may be. 

The Panthers have a healthy group of young linebackers waiting behind Brandon George, who also opted to transfer this offseason, 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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