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Pitt Makes Top Seven for Four-Star LB William Love

The Pitt Panthers made the cut for a blue-chip 2024 linebacker.

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are a contender for a blue-chip linebacker out of New Jersey after he named them to his top seven this week. 

William "Willy" Love, a 6'2 and 195-pound backer from Camden, New Jersey out of Woodrow Wilson High School included Pitt among a list of finalists that included West Virginia, Penn State, Texas A&M, Syracuse, Maryland and Rutgers. 

Love has visited Rutgers, Penn State, Syracuse and Maryland multiple times with additional stops at Florida State. He visited Pitt last May, when he also picked up an offer from the Panthers. 

He chose those seven out of list of offers that included Georgia, Oregon, Miami, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Boston College, Cincinnati, Michigan State, Charlotte, Temple and Liberty. 

Love is ranked as high as the No. 4 player in the state of New Jersey by Rivals and ESPN. ESPN also ranked him in the No. 14 linebacker and No. 173 overall prospect in the class of 2024. He is unanimously considered a top-10 player in his state. 

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