A couple pieces on some verbals for Pitt’s 2007 recruiting class.
When you are a WPIAL football player who is headed to Pitt, often, the focus is on you.
That is where Thomas Jefferson senior Dom DeCicco is right now.
DeCicco has given a verbal commitment to coach Dave Wannstedt’s program and the ongoing renewal of Panthers football.
That said, DeCicco, 6 feet 3, 205 pounds, knows that the focus is on him this season when he lines up at quarterback, returns kicks, plays a little receiver and also defensive back for the Jaguars.
“You kind of feel like you have to show what you can do all the time,” DeCicco said. “You know that there are a lot of local Pitt fans interested in what you are doing and how you are playing. I think it is a little bit of you having to show those Pitt fans that you deserved the scholarship that coach Wannstedt gave you.”
DeCicco has been living up to the hype as the best player on the top ranked team in the WPIAL Class AAA rankings and the PIAA. Tomorrow, Thomas Jefferson plays Keystone Oaks. A team with two other players who have verballed to Pitt, Chris Jacobson and Myles Caragein.
By now, just about everyone who follows high school and college football closely is familiar with Chris Jacobson.
They know that he attends Keystone Oaks High School, that he gave a verbal commitment to Pitt earlier this year before other colleges could even sniff him out, and that the 6-foot-3, 290-pound guard has been invited to the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
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Four hundred of the game’s best high school players were nominated to play, including Keystone Oaks’ Myles Caragein. It was announced on Friday prior to KO’s game with Elizabeth Forward that Jacobson had been invited; Caragein still has a shot, according to Kamberis.
You can put absolutely no stock in this. Just a gut feeling that could be totally wrong, but I think Pitt should be getting some more recruiting announcements in the next week or so.
NOTES — It appears freshman Dorin Dickerson will not redshirt. He has yet to be used this season, but that should change Saturday. “We’re going to play Dorin this week,” Wannstedt said. Word is that Dickerson will play running back, receiver and returner on some special teams. … Wannstedt also said freshman offensive lineman Jason Pinkston is getting closer to playing.
Maybe PITT got lucky by not getting Tyler Smith.
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GO OAKS!
“One player who seemingly has fallen from favor with Pitt’s coaching staff is freshman wide receiver T.J. Porter, who did not play as a receiver or kick-returner against The Citadel. Wannstedt, however, said he is not in the doghouse.” Too bad because I really like Porter and think he can be a very good player for PITT, but it seems that he’s alway on the brink of something.
Admittedly, I’m just in the last two years getting back into really following PITT football, but these actions shock me. Am I worrying for nothing? Maybe someone who closely followed PITT during the Harris years can shed some light on whether this has happened in our past, or compare it to other school’s programs.
I guess a silver lining to all this is that it opens up more scholarships (I would think) for DW to get players he wants into the fold. Anyway – it’s disheartening.
I’d like to see some WR commits like Toney Clemons and the Williams kid from Erie, PA.
Lots of rumors about Walt Harris’ job being in question with his dismal showing at Stanford this year (0-4 and counting, continually in ESPN’s Bottom 10 lists).