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Pitt Lands Commitment from Three-Star CB Nigel Maynard

The Pitt Panthers landed a three-star corner from Tennessee.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Lands Commitment from Three-Star CB Nigel Maynard
Pitt Lands Commitment from Three-Star CB Nigel Maynard /
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have landed five commitments this weekend, ballooning their class to 21 players strong - the largest 2024 recruiting class in the country - and the players themselves have begun to announce that they had given their verbal pledge to head coach Pat Narduzzi and company. 

Nigel Maynard, a three-star cornerback from Smyrna, Tennessee who attends Stewarts Creek High School, was the first of the five Pitt commits to reveal himself. Maynard is on campus this weekend for an official visit. 

He still has a visit to Michigan on his schedule for this summer, but whether or not he'll keep that visit remains to be seen. Maynard chose the Panthers over offers from the Wolverines, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Duke, Memphis and others. 

Playing in just two games during his junior season and seven during his sophomore year, Maynard has recorded 38 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble over nine games. 

The 6'0 and 180-pound defensive back is ranked as high as the No. 30 player in Tennessee and No. 92 cornerback in the class of 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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