Chris Peak has his weekly Rivals.Com podcast and speaks about Pitt football’s Junior Day (which I thought we already had done – apparently there are more to come). Anyway, at the 13:00 minute mark Chris talks about how the upcoming Pitt-Duke BB game could be a “big day” for Pat Narduzzi as we are hosting rising SR players from the HS ranks. Peak thinks the fact that 20 of the prospective visitors have Pitt offers means that the football staff is still paying very close attention to these kids… which works well apparently due to the results of their 2016 recruiting class.
Apparently we need to lock Clariton’s 5* (Rivals.com rankings) CB Lamont Wade up as soon as possible then sequester him somewhere no one else can talk to him. Four 4* will be there: Central’s LB David Adams, Seton La Salle’s DB Paris Ford will represent the local area. From afar we’ll have Virgina kids DE Jordan Williams and LB Ellis Brooks travelling to Oakland and spending their own money to visit.
Honestly, I think that last point may be as important as anything else. It’s one thing to get a kid on campus from Clariton but have them drive up from somewhere where they have to pay for the drive, meals and probably a hotel is a different story – that means they are interested.
Chris makes a good point about these BB games/events where Pitt brings in FB recruits to visit the campus and watch the game – who wins or loses doesn’t matter. It is the atmosphere that is important. Remember these are non-official visits so they can do it as many times as they like.
