It may not exactly be the most glamorous, but Pitt will have some amazing continuity in the punting game. From Andy Lee to Adam Graessle to Dave Brytus.

Dave Brytus, who punted for Purdue the past two seasons and is a West Allegheny High School product, plans to enroll at Pitt in January and join the Panthers as a walk-on.

The 6-foot-4, 227-pound left-footer was one of 10 finalists for the Ray Guy Award this past season as a sophomore at Purdue, averaging 39.6 yards per punt and having 31 percent of his punts land inside the 20. He also handled Purdue’s kickoff duties this past season.

Brytus will join the Panthers as a walk-on next month because Purdue coach Joe Tiller would not release him from his scholarship — Pitt or any school, then, couldn’t give him a scholarship until 2007. Thus, Brytus will pay his own tuition the next two semesters at Pitt and won’t be eligible for a scholarship until Pitt’s spring 2007 semester.

Brytus plans to redshirt for 2006 (Graessle’s Senior year), meaning he will have 2 years of eligibility remaining.

“I have always been a big Pitt fan, and deep in my heart always wanted to be a Panther,” Brytus said. “Even out here [at Purdue] I would make sure to watch the Pitt games. It is just something in my heart. I just feel like I belong at Pitt and playing for a great coach like coach Wannstedt.”

Brytus, also an accomplished amateur heavyweight boxer, cited being nearer his family as a large reason for the transfer. His sister, Kathleen, 15, has epilepsy and goes to Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children.

“She has kind of always been sick and needed a lot of attention,” Brytus said. “But, lately, she has needed even more attention, and I feel like I need to be there for my family.”

A punter who is an amateur boxer? In the heavyweight division? Damn.

Welcome to Pitt, Dave.