Anthony Morelli, highly recruited QB from Penn Hill High School, annouced that he will attend the University of Pittsburgh next year. He made a verbal committment this morning.
Oh, yes!

What does this mean for Pitt? It means we went after, and got, one of the top QB’s in the country in spite of the Big East debacle. Pitt beat out Notre Dame, UCLA, Tennessee, Florida State and Ohio State to win this kid. According to Rivals.com, Morelli is #2, with Theinsiders.com listing him at #3 in the country. It also means Walt Harris has been doing a better job of keeping the local stars home.

This committment follows Pitt’s other local recruiting coup, North Hills RB Andrew Johnson. Johnson is also highly touted nationally.

Penn State has landed some local linebackers and defensive linemen, but other than their “linebacker U” reputation, PSU has missed the boat on most of the top PA recruits – especially the skill positions.
Good news all around.

This was phoned into me on my way out the door Shawn, but now that I’m back I can confirm. Anthony Morelli, one of the top HS QBs in the country has made a verbal commitment to Pitt.

Morelli was part of a heated recruiting battle that saw the superstar QB receive an amazing 43 scholarship offers. He chose Pitt over Notre Dame in the end. Morelli had offers from schools such as Florida State, Ohio State, Tennessee, Notre Dame, and UCLA, among others.

The “others” included a late in the game run at him by Penn State after their targeted QB, picked Michigan.

Depending on which recruiting site and/or “expert” you look for this sort of information, Morelli is either the #10, #14 or #41 (subs. req’d for this one) overall recruit in the country (ranking as the #2, #3, or #9 QB in HS).

It’s still a great commitment for Pitt… when he actually signs the letter of intent.