Pitt got a verbal yesterday, Reginald (or Reggie) Green out of New Jersey. He plays quarterback and safety, but is considered to be an “athlete.”
“The area is beautiful,” Green said. “The school, the campus, the city. The coaching staff was really great. The players I talked to were really nice, good people. It just felt like I place I felt at home at.”
Green picked Pitt over Temple. He had also received offers from Boston College, UMass, Michigan State, N.C. State, Rutgers and Central Florida.
“They project me as an athlete on the offensive side of the ball,” Green said.
Scout.com and 24/7 both consider him a 3-star recruit. Rivals.com puts him down for 2-stars.
Depending on which measurables you go with, he is anywhere from 190 to 210 pounds on a 6-3 frame. Suggesting that he will either end up at WR or as a halfback/TE as he develops. A few years ago, he would have been pegged as the kind of player expected to be used in “wildcat” formations, but that no longer seems so fashionable.
Quietly, Pitt now has 18 verbals — which still includes the increasingly soft one from Corey Clement. Hard to imagine Pitt will be taking many more verbals until the decisions of Dorian Johnson, Robert Foster and Tyler Boyd are known.
Speaking of New Jersey, the biggest name recruited out of the state looks more and more like a great catch for Chryst.
My apologies if it was already posted, but Corey Clement had a game earlier in the season where he rushed for more than 400 yards and seven TDs.
You know a lot of people have questioned Chryst’s ability to recruit mostly due to his seeming low-key personality and small-town manner.
That doesn’t seem to be a problem for recruits or their families or their coaches.
My guess is with a win (fingers crossed) against Syracuse this week and a BIG WIN against Louisville next week… Chryst’s phone is going to be ringing as the holdouts start phoning it in.
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keep calm
hail to pitt
and at least 300 pounds i dont even care if he has no stars but i do think we need big bodys and less DB.
leaves us decommits so i hope they have another
RB who they can pick up if he does.
Hail. To. Pitt.
We only lose Jacobson and Turnley next year. Rowell has already gotten some positive feedback in training camp and we should be fine at center, and I’m sure we can find somebody to step in and play guard next season. Most of the guys on the 2nd team are Sophs or Freshmen, so there is some youth.
Soo…in light of all that, I think we can get away with only recruiting 2-3 OL’s this year, but if that happens next year, but definitely not in 2014.
FYI…Here is a look at the two deep as posted on Rivals:
Tackle
78 Cory King | 6-6, 325, RS JR
69 Adam Bisnowaty | 6-6, 275, FR
Tackle
74 Matt Rotheram | 6-6, 335, RS SO
52 Zenel Demhasaj | 6-7, 325, RS JR
Guard
54 Chris Jacobson | 6-3, 295, RS SR
56 Arthur Doakes | 6-6, 340, RS SO
Guard
76 Ryan Schlieper | 6-5, 310, RS JR
64 Shane Johnson | 6-5, 325, RS SO
Center
75 Ryan Turnley | 6-6, 320, RS SR
57 Artie Rowell | 6-2, 300, RS FR
I have feeling Clement stays. He planned on enrolling early, which leaves him a short 3 months to find a new home, finish high school, and complete his season.
As for DLineman Zach Moody and Kenton Gibbs are big boys with high recruiting marks. They both have Pitt high on their list. We definetenly need a couple more big OL. Dojo of course and maybe one more. Look for a class of 22-23.
