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Star WR Returning to Pitt Rival

The Pitt Panthers won't be able to avoid Syracuse's star wideout again in 2024.

Stephen Thompson

Star WR Returning to Pitt Rival
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have been fortunate to contain Syracuse's star wide receiver, Oronde Gadsden the two times he's faced them during his productive career with the Orange, but that could change this coming season. 

Gadsden announced this week on Twitter that he would be returning to Syracuse this season so he can terrorize ACC defenses, including Pitt's. 

Gadsden is one of the biggest recruiting wins of the offseason for newly-minted Syracuse head coach Fran Brown, who also added former Ohio State starting quarterback Kyle McCord through the transfer portal. 

As a breakout star in 2022, Gadsden caught 61 passes for 975 yards - both school records for a tight end - and six touchdowns while playing as a hybrid tight end and wide receiver. 

After earning first-team All-ACC consideration in 2022, Gadsden was set to return as one of the league's best players, regardless of position, but a linsfranc injury kept him sidelined for all but two games of the 2023 campaign. 

He'll be back in 2024 to face the Panthers before likely moving on and beginning a professional career that is surely in his future. 

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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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