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Everything about Pitt seemed like the perfect fit for Pat Bostick. The Panthers run a West Coast offense, similar to what Manheim Township High School installed for Bostick. The starting quarterback job is up for grabs, just as Bostick enters his freshman season. The only thing where the planets didn’t align for Bostick was that [...]

When he awakes every morning, LeSean McCoy looks in the mirror and thinks about his life’s blessings. Not the compound ankle fracture that sidelined him as a senior at Harrisburg’s Bishop McDevitt High School and prevented McCoy from becoming the state’s all-time leading rusher. Not the year he had to spend at Milford Academy in [...]

Where Cameron Saddler was once projected as a cover corner, the 5-foot-6, 160-pound dynamo from Gateway is now being recruiting primarily for offense. “My sophomore year, my whole mindset was DB. I was Mr. DB,” Saddler said. “Offense wasn’t my thing at all. This year, I had a breakout year on offense. At these camps, [...]

Mike Yancich entered spring recruiting overshadowed by fellow Trinity linebacker Andrew Sweat, but Yancich’s stock is soaring after standout performances at camps. After being named first-team defense at the Scout.com combine and linebackers MVP at the Nike Training Camp, the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Yancich now claims nearly 30 scholarship offers. Because of his late-bloomer status, Yancich [...]

Many in recruiting circles consider it a foregone conclusion that Lucas Nix will pick Pitt, especially with Thomas Jefferson High School’s connections to the Panthers. Jaguars coach Bill Cherpak was a Pitt offensive lineman from 1985-89. Nix’s brother, Nate, is a redshirt freshman linebacker for the Panthers, and one of their best friends, Dom DeCicco, [...]