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Pitt Ranks Top 10 in Recent Total NFL Draft Picks

The Pitt Panthers have been one of the country's best at producing NFL talent over the past three years.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Ranks Top 10 in Recent Total NFL Draft Picks
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PITTSBURGH -- Post-pandemic football has been a mightily strong era for Pitt Panthers football. They've won 20 games over the past two seasons and finished in the top 25 twice while collecting an ACC Championship and New Year's Six Bowl berth as well. 

That success on the field has translated into the NFL Draft, with Pitt having the 10th most-draft picks of any team in college football over the past three years with 14, tied for Notre Dame. Only Alabama, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Florida, Oklahoma and Cincinnati have seen more of their players drafted. No one in the ACC has more. 

That group is headlined by Calijah Kancey and Kenny Pickett, who are the first pair of Panthers to be selected in consecutive first rounds in 15 years. 

But there's been plenty of depth as well. The Panthers have seen three fourth-round picks, three fifth-rounders, two sixth-rounders and four seventh-rounders come from their program. 

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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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