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Pitt Reveals Eighth Different Starting OL

The Pitt Panthers will role out another new starting lineup along the offensive line.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Reveals Eighth Different Starting OL
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers' offensive line continues to be a revolving door this season as injuries and lineup changes give them new look after new look each week. 

The Panthers will unveil their eighth different starting lineup along the offensive line in 10 games this week as they take on Syracuse at Yankee Stadium. Branson Taylor and Ryan Baer are familiar faces at either tackle spot and so is Terrance Moore at center, but Jake Kradel is now at left guard and Jason Collier Jr. at right guard.

Super senior Blake Zubovic has been officially phased out of a starting job and will serve an important backup role this week with B.J. Williams, one of the listed co-starters at right guard, not having traveled with the team. 

At the beginning of this week, Zubovic was listed as a backup on the depth chart for the first time this season, sitting behind Kradel at left guard. He had started the first six games of the year but has not made a start in any of the last four contests, partially because he had been dealing with an injury. 

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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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