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Pitt's Starting LT Leaves Backyard Brawl with Injury

The hits keep on coming for the Pitt Panthers.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt's Starting LT Leaves Backyard Brawl with Injury
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MORGANTOWN -- The hits just keep on coming for the Pitt Panthers against West Virginia. As they continued to fall further behind the Mountaineers late into the second half, their starting left tackle went down with an injury. 

Matt Goncalves, Pitt's lone preseason All-ACC selection, went down early in the fourth quarter. Training staff checked him out as he held his left shoulder. Redshirt freshman Ryan Bear checked in to replace him. 

The Panthers had already suffered some blows to its offensive line this season. The presumed starter at right guard, Ryan Jacoby, was lost to a season-ending injury during training camp. 

Jason Collier Jr. replaced him in the season opener against Wofford, then true freshman B.J. Williams started the Cincinnati game. Williams did not travel to Morgantown, West Virginia after practicing earlier in the 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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