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Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec Named to Maxwell Award Watchlist

Pitt Panthers quarterback Phil Jurkovec is a candidate for the Maxwell Award.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec Named to Maxwell Award Watchlist
Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec Named to Maxwell Award Watchlist /

PITTSBURGH -- With the start of the 2023 college football season bearing down, national awards committees have begun to recognize candidates for their honors and Pitt Panthers quarterback Phil Jurkovec is one of the players to have been recognized this week. 

Jurkovec, along with 81 more of the best players in college football, were named to the Maxwell Award Watchlist, given annually by the Maxwell football club to the most outstanding player in the country. He was the only Pitt player to make the list. 

Jurkovec was the biggest addition of the offseason for the Pitt Panthers, who were looking to replace their top two signal-callers from a season ago.

While Jurkovec brought with him a lot of hype, after throwing for 2,558 yards, 17 touchdowns and five interceptions on a 61% completion rate over 10 games in 2020. Still there are some concerns as he arrives at Pitt coming off of a brutal final season with the Eagles in which he completed just 59.5% of his passes for 1,711 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions in eight games.

He'll reunite with former position coach and play-caller, Frank Cignetti, and improved offensive line play relative to what was in front of him at Boston College should help him improve in 2023. 

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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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