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Pitt Facing First-Time Starting QB Against Wake Forest

The Pitt Panthers will face a third-string quarterback this week.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Facing First-Time Starting QB Against Wake Forest
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PITTSBURGH -- Wake Forest is dealing with a thin quarterbacks room this week as they prepare to take on the Pitt Panthers. 

Ahead of a mid-afternoon kickoff, the two quarterbacks that opened the year atop Wake Forest's depth chart were not on the field warming up, leaving redshirt sophomore Santino Marucci as the starter for the Demon Deacons against Pitt. Les Johns of Demon Deacon Digest reported that they will indeed give Marucci his first start. 

Mitch Griffis and Michael Kern split time under center in Wake Forests' last game against Virginia Tech until Kern left with a shoulder injury. He's expected to miss multiple weeks. Griffis also got banged up against the Hokies and was questionable throughout the week. 

Marucci has played just six snaps during his career, all on special teams, at Wake Forest and never attempted a pass. The former three-star recruit held offers from Nebraska, Kentucky, Cincinnati and others coming out of the class of 2021 before picking the Demon Deacons. 

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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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