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Pitt Named Finalist by Four-Star LB

The Pitt Panthers are in the final five for a blue-chip linebacker.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Named Finalist by Four-Star LB
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers got some good news over the weekend as a four-star recruit in the class of 2024 named them one of his final five schools with a commitment pending, but they'll face some stiff competition to land his services. 

Elias Reynolds, a blue-chip linebacker recruit from Deerfield Beach, Florida named Pitt a finalist alongside Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Cincinnati. 

Rudolph held offers from Florida State, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Iowa, Purdue, Michigan State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, West Virginia and others that he spurned for those five finalists. 

Rudolph, a 6'3 and 200-pound backer, is ranked as high as the No. 4 player in the talent-rich Sunshine State (Rivals) and No. 15 linebacker (247Sports). ESPN ranks them as high as the No. 150 player in the country. 

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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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