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Nate Yarnell to Start at QB for Pitt vs. Western Michigan

Nate Yarnell took the first-team snaps in warmups for the Pitt Panthers tonight.

Stephen Thompson

Nate Yarnell to Start at QB for Pitt vs. Western Michigan
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PITTSBURGH -- Health hung over the Pitt Panthers all week as they prepared for their first road trip of the season and no one's status was more important than that of their quarterbacks. After starter Kedon Slovis and backup Nick Patti both sustained injuries in their last game against Tennessee, redshirt freshman Nate Yarnell appears to have taken on the role of starter. 

Yarnell took reps with the Pitt starters in warmups while Slovis worked with the second and third-teamers. Yarnell was injured for all of his senior season in high school and redshirted last year. He didn't go through spring practices, meaning the last time he played live football was 2019. 

Slovis left the Tennessee game and did not return after going down with an undisclosed injury. Patti stayed in the game despite hurting his ankle on a failed run to the endzone in the fourth quarter. 

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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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