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Pitt Wins Battle for Four-Star DL

The Pitt Panthers staved off a late push from Michigan State to land a four-star defensive lineman.

Stephen Thompson

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PITTSBURGH -- Another Power 5 school made a late push to try and steal one of the most important pieces from the Pitt Panthers' 2024 recruiting class but in the end, he stuck with his original commitment. 

Four-star defensive tackle Francis Brewu was being courted by Michigan State for the past month, as they brought in a new head coach, but Brewu stayed true to Pitt and ended up signing with the Panthers when National Signing Day came around. 

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Brewu, rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals, took an official visit to East Lansing in mid-December to see what the new coaching staff had to offer, but Pitt was able to lock him down in the stretch run to Signing Day. 

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Brewu is ranked as high as the No. 11 player in the state and No. 20 defensive tackle in the class of 2024, per Rivals. 

He held other offers from Minnesota, Cincinnati, Duke, Iowa State, Northwestern, Boston College, Miami, Michigan State, and Wisconsin. Ohio State showed interest but never offered. 

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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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