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Pitt Makes Top Five For Four-Star DE Dominic Kirks

The Pitt Panthers are a finalist for a four-star defender from Ohio.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Makes Top Five For Four-Star DE Dominic Kirks
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are a contender for one of the best defensive ends available in the class of 2024. 

Four-star edge rusher Dominic Kirks, a native of Cleveland, Ohio who attends Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School, still has some official visits to make but included Pitt in a top five that also featured Kentucky, Washington, Nebraska and Wisconsin. 

Kirks, a 6'5 and 250-pound edge defender, is rated as a four-star prospect by On3 and a three-star player by 247Sports. On3 ranks him as high as the No. 11 player in Ohio and the No. 28 defensive lineman nationally in the class of 2024.

The 6'5, 250-pound junior has already been out to Seattle to see Washington this spring and visited Ohio State, Cincinnati, and West Virginia earlier this year. After visiting Wisconsin this past weekend, Kirks will head back to Pacific Northwest to visit the Huskies again. 

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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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