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Pitt quarterback Kevan Smith, a Seneca Valley graduate, has left the football team to play for the school’s baseball program. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound redshirt sophomore decided to switch sports after he fell to fourth on the depth chart, and Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt and offensive coordinator Matt Cavanaugh asked him to change positions. Smith played [...]

The graduation of All-American Scott McKillop left Pitt with a gaping hole at middle linebacker, so the Panthers made Penn Hills star Dan Mason a top recruiting priority. The Panthers had reason to celebrate Thursday, when Mason gave them a verbal commitment. He chose Pitt over West Virginia, and also had scholarship offers from Boston [...]

LeSean McCoy has signed with agent Drew Rosenhaus, who said he has established the goal of helping the former Pitt star become the first running back selected in April’s NFL Draft. “Obviously, it’s a very competitive position with the juniors that came out,” Rosenhaus said, mentioning Connecticut’s Donald Brown, Iowa’s Shonn Greene, Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno [...]

For a college basketball student section, the Oakland Zoo is having an ever-increasing role in the Pitt football recruiting. Its influence became noticeable two years ago, when the Zoo used a sign with a checklist to entice LeSean McCoy to choose the Panthers. Two weeks ago, the Zoo started using a dry-erase board to write [...]

Pitt star tailback LeSean McCoy will forgo his final two seasons of college football to enter the NFL Draft, formally announcing his decision in a statement released by the university’s athletic department. McCoy’s decision to turn professional was first reported Thursday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. After an emotional meeting with Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt Friday [...]

Pitt star tailback LeSean McCoy once again delayed his decision on whether to declare himself eligible for the NFL Draft, in a statement released by the university’s athletic department: “LeSean McCoy spoke to Coach Dave Wannstedt this afternoon and said he is not ready to make a final decision on the NFL Draft,” the statement [...]

The Pitt women’s basketball team has lost junior point guard Jania Sims for the remainder of the 2008-09 season with bilateral tibial stress fractures, coach Agnus Berenato announced today. Sims suffered an ankle and knee injury five minutes into Pitt’s season opener against Texas A&M, and hasn’t played since. Sims, who was academically ineligible for [...]

Before they put their signatures on the Oakland Zoo dry-erase boards, Kolby Gray and Jason Hendricks had picked Pitt. Gray, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound dual-threat quarterback from Houston’s Cypress Falls High, chose the Panthers over scholarship offers from Boise State, Rice and Utah. Hendricks, a 6-1, 167-pound defensive back from Jersey City (N.J.) Hudson Catholic, had [...]

Pitt star tailback LeSean McCoy, expected to announce that he is declaring himself eligible for the NFL Draft, has decided to delay his decision after meeting this afternoon with Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt. McCoy’s parents, Ron and Daphne, and brother, LeRon, accompanied him to the meeting at Pitt’s Duratz Athletic Complex on the South Side. [...]

University of Pittsburgh star tailback LeSean McCoy is expected to announce Friday he will turn professional. Two family sources confirmed that McCoy is scheduled to meet with Pitt head coach Dave Wannstedt tomorrow and, barring a last-minute change of heart, plans to declare hardship to enter the April 25-26 NFL Draft. The application deadline for [...]