Recruiting Notebook

Thursday Recruiting Notebook

Published on December 8, 2016

UPDATE (9:31 PM)-

**Congrats to Pitt RB and special teams coach Andre Powell.

S/o to @CoachAPowell on being named a national finalist for Special Teams Coordinator of the Year. #H2P https://t.co/39vS8OoBOS

— Pat Narduzzi (@CoachDuzzPittFB) December 8, 2016

UPDATE (8:29 PM)-

**DB coach Renaldo Hill in Alabama today meeting with Pitt commit Cam Bright.

Another great visit today????, learned a little more about the game today????????????. @CoachillPITT #H2P✨ pic.twitter.com/rSp8p6fDuW

— Cam Bright (@_cam38) December 9, 2016

UPDATE (7:46 PM)-
**In what I’d call a surprise, Georgia 3-star wide receiver Connor Heyward gave a verbal commitment tonight to Michigan State. I refer to this as a surprise because it seemed like Heyward was a heavy lean towards Pitt (247 Sports had him 50% Pitt and 50% Ohio State in their crystal ball prediction.) Michigan State recently offered the scholarship and tonight, Heyward accepted the offer.

Looking forward to continuing my academic and football career at The Michigan State University #GoGreen #V4MSU ♻️???? pic.twitter.com/F7izA96YSw

— Connor Heyward (@ConnorHeyward1) December 9, 2016

UPDATE (10:03 AM)-

**Looks like Coach Salem will be in the New York/New Jersey area today.

Landing in NJ…back in the Big Apple for the Pinstripe soon! #H2P pic.twitter.com/EwPySf49c7

— Tim Salem (@CoachTimSalem) December 8, 2016

UPDATE (9:58 AM)-

.@FootballScoop reported that Pitt quality control coach Eric Thatcher will be Butch Davis' cornerbacks coach at FIU.

— Lance Lysowski (@LLysowski) December 8, 2016

UPDATE (9:03 AM)-

Tidbit from #Pitt AD Scott Barnes tonight: They've already sold over 3/4 of their 7,000-ticket allotment for the Pinstripe Bowl.

— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) December 8, 2016

UPDATE (8:42 AM)-

**Heard back from Florida defensive end Deslin Alexandre and who told me that he will be making an official visit to Pitt this weekend. Yesterday, Alexandre got a visit from Coach Salem. The 3-star recruit is currently committed to NC State.

**North Carolina defensive end Zion DeBose will get a visit today from Coach Sims and also he told me that he’ll make his official visit to Pitt on January 20th.