Anthony Morelli, highly recruited QB from Penn Hill High School, annouced that he will attend the University of Pittsburgh next year. He made a verbal committment this morning.
Oh, yes!

What does this mean for Pitt? It means we went after, and got, one of the top QB’s in the country in spite of the Big East debacle. Pitt beat out Notre Dame, UCLA, Tennessee, Florida State and Ohio State to win this kid. According to Rivals.com, Morelli is #2, with Theinsiders.com listing him at #3 in the country. It also means Walt Harris has been doing a better job of keeping the local stars home.

This committment follows Pitt’s other local recruiting coup, North Hills RB Andrew Johnson. Johnson is also highly touted nationally.

Penn State has landed some local linebackers and defensive linemen, but other than their “linebacker U” reputation, PSU has missed the boat on most of the top PA recruits – especially the skill positions.
Good news all around.