Pitt has a commit from Jovani Chappel out of Ohio (hat tip to Neil). Chappel had taken a visit to Pitt during the UConn game. The visit and his comfort with Coach Wannstedt and the staff led him to change his mind on a previously soft verbal to Purdue.
An excellent student with a 3.6 GPA, Chappel is planning to graduate in December and enroll at Pitt in January. It is a new strategy used by more and more players so they can participate in spring practice, and thus have a much better chance to start as a true freshman.
I’m not sure of how the rules work, but I think he also doesn’t count against Pitt’s recruiting class limit for 2006. Instead he would count in the class of 2005. I’ll have to check on that.
