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Four-Star Pitt Target Gabriel Williams Picks Virginia Tech

The Pitt Panthers missed on a four-star linebacker from Maryland.

Stephen Thompson

Four-Star Pitt Target Gabriel Williams Picks Virginia Tech
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PITTSBURGH -- For as well as the past two weeks have gone for the Pitt Panthers, who added ten total commitments to a 2024 recruiting class that has climbed into upper echelon of national recruiting rankings, they haven't been able to land every prospect they've pursued. 

Gabriel Williams, a four-star linebacker who visited Pitt earlier in June, will not be joining the Panthers' class of 2024 and will instead head south to join Virginia Tech. He announced his commitment this weekend on Twitter.

Williams, rated as a four-star prospect by On3, ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals, is ranked as high as the No. 1 player in Maryland, the No. 6 linebacker in the class and No. 85 overall prospect in the country. 

Williams picked the Hokies over offers from Maryland, Pitt, Nebraska, Penn State, Notre Dame, USC, Duke, Virginia, Ole Miss, Miami, UCF, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, West Virginia, Boston College, Memphis and others. 

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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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