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Four-Star Pitt Target Reggie Powers Picks Michigan State

The Pitt Panthers missed on adding a defensive back to their stacked 2024 recruiting class.

Stephen Thompson

Four-Star Pitt Target Reggie Powers Picks Michigan State
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers had a busy week waiting for commitments from three different 2024 prospects who have taken visits to the Steel City during the month of June. 

The second of those prospects to announce their college decision was four-star defensive back Reggie Powers out of Centerville High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Choosing from a final five of Northwestern, Michigan State, Ohio State, Cincinnati and Pitt, Powers opted to ride with the Spartans.

 Powers is ranked as high as the No. 12 player in Ohio and the No. 34 safety in the class by On3, who is also the only recruiting service to rank him as a four-star. ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports all consider him a three-star prospect.

He cut a lengthy list of offers that included West Virginia, Louisville, Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Iowa State, Virginia, UConn, Boston College and others down to that select five before settling on Michigan State. Notre Dame and Tennessee expressed interest but did not extend offer. 

Pitt has five defensive backs already committed in three-stars Chasen Johnson, Nigel Maynard, Davion Pritchard, Allen Bryant and Tayshawn Banks committed to join them next year. 

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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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