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Pitt QB Nick Patti Ends Football Career

The quarterback who led the Pitt Panthers to a victory in the Sun Bowl is calling it a career.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt QB Nick Patti Ends Football Career
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PITTSBURGH -- In the days preceding the Pitt Panthers' victory over No. 18 UCLA in the Sun Bowl, quarterback Nick Patti confirmed that he would not return to Pitt for another season in the blue and gold, but he left the door open to another season at another school. 

But now, Patti has made his final decision official. He announced on his Instagram that the 2022 season would be his last as a football player and he will move on to join the workforce upon graduating from Pitt this spring.

While his real opportunities to play were few and far between, Patti's heroics from the Sun Bowl will certainly live on in Pitt football lore. He threw for 225 yards and a touchdown, ran for 72 more yards and led the last-second drive that set up Ben Sauls' game-winning 47-yard field goal. 

Patti ends his career with a 55.5% completion percentage, 783 yards and five touchdowns to just one interception over 15 appearances. 

The Panthers' quarterback room is well-stocked with two incoming transfers - Phil Jurkovec and Chistain Veilleux - and a freshman, Ty Deiffenbach. 

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Stephen Thompson
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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