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Updating Pitt's Place in National Recruiting Rankings

After adding five new commitments, the Pitt Panthers' 2024 class is still among the best in their conference.

Stephen Thompson

Updating Pitt's Place in National Recruiting Rankings
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are off to a hot start in the month of June, having added five new commitments to their 2024 high school recruiting class. 

With two of those five commits - three-star defensive backs Davion Pritchard and Allen Bryant - having revealed themselves and been officially added to the class, the Panthers have one of the stronger groups of 2024 recruits committed in the country.

Pitt is ranked as high as No. 16 nationally by Rivals in their latest national team rankings. The class is led by a pair of four-star recruits in wide receiver Ric'Darious Farmer and defensive lineman Jashear Whittington. Just three ACC teams - No. 9 Florida State, No. 10 Wake Forest and No. 15 North Carolina - are ranked ahead of them. 

Farmer is the only four-star prospect in the class according to 247Sports, but Pitt is still ranked in the top 20 of their national rankings as well, checking in at No. 18. That is still good for fourth-best in the conference behind the same three programs. 

On3 is the least optimistic about the Panthers' current class. They have ranked Pitt's group of one four-star, 11 three-stars and one unrated prospect as the No. 38 class in the country. Florida State, Clemson, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech all have higher-ranked classes per On3's metrics. 

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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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