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Pitt Offers Former Furman OL

The Pitt Panthers continue to search for offensive line help in the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Offers Former Furman OL
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers continue to search for offensive line talent in the transfer portal and that has led them to a player coming from the FCS ranks. 

Pearson Toomey, a graduate transfer from Furman, was barely in the transfer portal for a few hours when offers began to roll in from the highest level of college football. Pitt was one of six FBS schools to extend a scholarship offer on the same day Toomey made his announcement. 

Tulane, Georgia State, South Carolina, Michigan State and Charlotte make up the rest of the interested parties as of right now. 

Toomey has started 34 games over the past three seasons and was named an All-Southern Conference first-teamer by the coaches and second-teamer by the media in 2022. He was a preseason first-team All-SoCon selection in 2023 and at the conclusion of the regular season, Toomey was named a first-team All-SoCon offensive tackle. 

The Panthers are set to return both starting tackles from the 2023 squad but Toomey would certainly compete for a starting job right away, if not be the favorite to win that battle over either Branson Taylor and Ryan Baer. But he is likely not done adding offers from Power 5 schools just yet. 

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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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