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Starting Pitt DT Announces Transfer Decision

The hits keep coming for the Pitt Panthers defense as another start heads to the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

Starting Pitt DT Announces Transfer Decision
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers continue to suffer more and more roster attrition this week as their offseason officially gets underway. 

Defensive tackle Deandre Jules, a breakout player for the Panthers this season, has become the sixth Pitt scholarship player to announce they will transfer and the fifth in one day. 

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Jules burst onto the scene in training camp after a quiet first thee years at Pitt. He set career-highs in games played (13), tackles (24), tackles for loss (7.5), sacks (2) and forced fumbles (1) in 2023. 

The Panthers figure to get significantly younger this offseason at defensive tackle with David Green, plus sixth-year seniors Tyler Bentley and Devin Danielson set to end their college careers. Jules was supposed to be a major contributor as one of the few returning veterans but his departure means all four defensive tackles who started at least one game last season will depart the program. 

Underclassmen Sean FitzSimmons and Eliott Donald figure to see big upticks in playing time and true freshman Isaiah Neal could play his way into more snaps after showing some promising things this year. But if the Panthers don't add an older transfer this offseason, they'll be uncharacteristically young upfront in 2024. 

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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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