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Trenches Front and Center at Pitt Spring Practice

The trenches were front and center on day six of spring practices for the Pitt Panthers.

Stephen Thompson

Trenches Front and Center at Pitt Spring Practice
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are half a dozen practices deep into Spring Football and the play in the trenches was front and center. 

Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi praised the intensity of these opening practices, particularly as the Panthers put pads on for the first time since closing the 2022 season with a Sun Bowl victory over UCLA. 

Later, guard Blake Zubovic and tackle Ryan Jacoby talked about a changing of the guard with four members of the starting offensive line from a year ago headed for the ranks of professional football. Defensive tackle Devin Danielson rounded out the post-practice media availability with a discussion of his antics from the Miami game and depth along the defensive line, which is also losing lots of production and experience to the NFL this offseason. 

Hear what the Panthers had to say after wrapping up their sixth practice of the spring. 

HC Pat Narduzzi

OG Blake Zubovic

DT Devin Danielson

OT Ryan Jacoby

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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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