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Pitt Misses on Three-Star DL Emmett Laws

The Pitt Panthers did not land an 11th commitment in the class of 2024.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Misses on Three-Star DL Emmett Laws
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers did not land a commitment from three-star Dematha High School defensive lineman Emmett Laws, who announced his commitment to Virginia Tech after naming it to his top five list earlier this month. 

Laws chose Viginia Tech over Penn State, Maryland, Pitt and GGeorgia Tech. In addition to the five finalists, he held offers from Toledo, Boston College, Akron and Coastal Carolina. The 6'2, 265-pound prospect visited Pitt two weeks ago and picked up his offer then before including the Panthers in his list of finalists. 

Laws is a consensus three-star prospect and the No. 19 player at his position in this class, per Rivals. 247Sports ranks him as the No. 61 interior lineman of this cycle. Rivals also has Laws as the No. 16 player in the state of Maryland, while 247 has him at No. 22.

10 players are pledged to Pitt's class of 2024. They have four defensive linemen - Francis Brewu, Jashear Whittington, Zachary Crothers and Ty Yuhas - in a class that ranks 19th nationally in 247Sports, 33rd in On3 and 17th in Rivals' team rankings. 

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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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