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Report: Pitt Hosting Top Transfer WR Dante Cephas

One of the top wideouts in the transfer portal is visiting the Pitt Panthers.

Stephen Thompson

Report: Pitt Hosting Top Transfer WR Dante Cephas
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are hosting one of the best players available in the transfer portal, according to a report from Pittsburgh Sports Now. They claim former Kent State wideout Dante Cephas will be in the Steel City this weekend visiting with Pat Narduzzi's program. 

Chris Peak of Panther Lair had previously reported that the Cephas has already been to Pitt's facility in the South Side multiple times. This stay will only be for a day. PSN says Cephas plans to visit Penn State later this weekend. He holds offers from Notre Dame and West Virginia too. 

Cephas, a Penn Hills High School alum, was not recruited by Pitt as a two-star recruit coming out of high school in the class of 2019. Wisconsin was the only Power 5 school to show interest but they did not extend a scholarship offer. Cephas was reportedly held back by academic issues at that stage. 

He committed to Kent State and became a star by his redshirt sophomore season, when he accounted for 82 catches, 1,240 yards and nine touchdowns. He produced at a similar rate - better than 15 yards per catch, but with just three touchdowns - in 2022 but played in just nine games and caught only 48 balls. He still earned first-team All-MAC honors in both 2021 and 2022. 

Pitt will likely have to replace leading receiver Jared Wayne this offseason. After posting a 1,000-yard season, Wayne's expected to try his luck in the NFL. 

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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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