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Tracking Pitt's Junior Day Visitors

The Pitt Panthers will welcome visitors for Junior Day this weekend.

Stephen Thompson

Tracking Pitt's Junior Day Visitors
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PITTSBURGH -- It's an important day for the Pitt Panthers. Head coach Pat Narduzzi and the rest of his program have been up and at 'em today, hosting recruits from around the country in Pittsburgh. It is Junior Day, meaning part of the next recruiting class will assemble to see the campus and take in the Pitt-Florida State basketball game. 

Inside the Panthers will be tracking which high school prospects are making a trip to the Steel City, meeting with coaches and taking in the basketball game all day.

Rocco Williams, a freshman quarterback from Pickering Central High School in Pickering, Ohio took his first visit to Pitt this weekend. Jackson State, Campbell and Marshall have already offered and Williams has visited impressive schools - Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Michigan.

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One of the best players in the WPIAL was in Oakland this afternoon. Brady O'Hara, a 6'6 defensive end and tight end from North Catholic High School was in town to watch the Panthers take on Florida State. He holds offers from Pitt, UConn and Wisconsin currently. 

2024 linebacker Keyshawn Flowers of Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Maryland took a trip to the Steel City to visit Pitt on Junior Day. The unrated defender currently holds offers from the Panthers, UMass, James Madison and Wake Forest. 

Jules Dugger, a 2024 quarterback from Penn Hills High School, is at Pitt today as well. He holds three offers - UMass, Toledo and Pitt - and West Virginia and Wisconsin have shown interest. 

Four-star Aliquippa High School linebacker is headed into the city today to visit the Panthers. Syracuse, Penn State and West Virginia have already offered. Pat Narduzzi visited Lindsey earlier this week. 

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Ty Yuhas, a 2024 defensive end from Central Catholic High School will make the quick trip through Oakland to visit with the Panthers, he announced on Twitter. 

Elias Cody Coke, a freshman wideout from Harrisburg High School, kick-started his recruitment with a strong showing against powerhouse St. Joseph's in the state title game. His first offer came from West Virginia and he's earned three other offers from Syracuse, Toledo and Kent State. He'll be in Pittsburgh this afternoon. 

Ryan Cory, an offensive lineman from Pine Richland High School and Gibsonia, Pennsylvania told Pittsburgh Sports Now earlier in the week that he would be spending the day visiting Pitt. The three-star tackle is a coveted recruit, who holds offers from Louisville, Maryland, Kentucky, Kansas State, Oregon, West Virginia and Pitt. 

Unrated 2024 cornerback Mekhi Edwards of Christ the King High School in Middle Village, New Tork will be in town too. The 5'11, 180-pound defensive back has heard from Penn State but has no other offers. 

Denim Cook was one of the first to announce that he would be in town this weekend. The 6'4, 195-pound linebacker in the class fo 2025 from Colombus, Ohio holds offers from Akron and Miami (OH). 

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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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