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First of Five Pitt Football Commits Revealed

The Panthers added Montravius Lloyd, a three-star athlete in the class of 2023, as their first commit of the weekend.

Stephen Thompson

First of Five Pitt Football Commits Revealed
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PITTSBURGH -- It's becoming a regular occurrence for the Pitt Panthers under head coach Pat Narduzzi - June is when recruiting classes come together. So far, that's proven true for the 2023 class, which garnered six commitments during the first round of official visits two weeks ago and added five more this weekend as another round of official visitors made their way to the Steel City. 

Narduzzi fired off five Pat Signals - tweets announcing that a recruit has committed to Pitt - on Saturday morning and that afternoon, Montravius Lloyd, a three-star athlete that played running back and linebacker for Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, revealed that he was one of the newest Panthers. 

Lloyd rushed for 641 yards and 11 touchdowns during his junior season while also taking some snaps on defense, accounting for 33 tackles and eight sacks for 10-3 Lakeland High. Standing 6-feet tall and weighing 205 pounds, Lloyd projects as a tailback. He held offers from Arizona, Wake Forest, West Virginia and others.  

His decision gives the Panthers nine commits in the class of 2023, which sat at 31st in 247Sports' national recruiting rankings prior to his announcement. 

Five more Pat Signals - one from Thursday that had no class designation and four more from Saturday with 2023 slogans attached - remain unaccounted for. 

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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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