Thursday Daily Notebook

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UPDATE(8:38 PM)-

Extremely Blessed to have received my 12th offer from West Virginia University!!🔶🔷🔶 pic.twitter.com/Fa4SDUs4Zw

— Jake Kradel (@JakeKradel) February 17, 2017

UPDATE (8:00 PM)-

**Belle Vernon OT Blake Zubovic gets another Power 5 offer.

Blessed to receive my eighth offer from THE West Virginia University🔵⚪️✨ #Dawgz pic.twitter.com/z6YX2yekTr

— Big Z🌊 (@blake_zubovic66) February 16, 2017

UPDATE (7:50 PM)-

**After not being successful the last few years, the Pitt program is trying to land a cornerback from Detroit. Tonight, Pitt has offered Jaeveyon Morton from Martin Luther King HS. Morton holds offers from Syracuse and Iowa State.

https://t.co/psVoOOQm3T

— hardknock#2️⃣2️⃣ (@jaeveyonmorton1) November 28, 2016

UPDATE (4:33 PM)-

Lima, Ohio TE Keaton Upshaw will be at #Pitt’s junior day this weekend. He holds a Pitt offer. https://t.co/5w1g40XJAl

— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) February 16, 2017

UPDATE (4:25 PM)-

Duquesne HC Ferry will be at practice today for '17 wing @Dcloading David Collins and '19 Naim Miller

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) February 16, 2017

UPDATE (3:06 PM)-

Pitt Junior Day This Weekend! 🐾🐅

— Rahmon Hart Jr. (@_rjhart) February 16, 2017

New Castle ATH Marcus Hooker has picked up an offer from Rutgers #WPIAL #B1G

— WPIAL_Insider (@WPIAL_Insider) February 16, 2017

UPDATE (1:34 PM)-

**Pitt offers Washington DC (Woodson HS) cornerback Vincent Flythe. This is Flythe’s 9th offer with other ones from Wisconsin, Virginia, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Maryland, NC State and Iowa State.

UPDATE (12:55 PM)-

**PSN has confirmed that Saint Ignatius safety Justin Sands will be attending Pitt Junior Day on Saturday. Sands is currently looking for his first offer.

Check out my highlight – https://t.co/ntUs9ZSgL3

— Justin Sands (@_JSands0) December 8, 2016

UPDATE (12:48 PM)-

**A Red Out has been declared for this Sunday’s  Duquesne game vs. George Washington. Plus, there’s a ticket special for the game.

@DuqMBB Red Out is Sunday, February 19! Tickets are now 2 for $19 when purchased in advance: https://t.co/1pnMwb881i #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/1BlXgv9zv8

— Duquesne Athletics (@GoDuquesne) February 16, 2017

UPDATE (10:18 AM)-

**It’s going to be a busy three days for Washington DC quarterback Kevin Doyle as he visits a few schools including Pitt. This morning, Doyle will be visiting Michigan followed by a visit later today to Michigan State. Tomorrow, Doyle will check out both Purdue and Ohio State. Doyle will then wrap up his weekend on Saturday by attending Pitt’s Junior Day.

By the way, Doyle is making this three day trip with a couple of his teammates from his 7×7 team, “The Next Level Greats,” which includes New Jersey 4-star running back Iverson Clement and 2018 WR Travon King (Woodrow Wilson HS).

 UPDATE (7:39 AM)-

**As you can imagine, new DL coach Charlie Partridge has already started recruiting for Pitt. Here are the recruits he started following yesterday on his first day on the job: 4-star Ohio DE Aeneas Hawkins, Thomas Jefferson DT Devin Danielson, West Virginia 4-star DE Dante’ Stills, Leonard Taylor, IMG Academy 5-star OT Taron Vincent, New Jersey’s Marcellus Earlington, PJ Mustipher, Harrisburg 5-star DE Micah Parson, New Jersey RB Elijah McAllister, New Jersey 4-star DE Dorian Hardy, Ohio 4-star DE Malik Vann, Florida 4-star DE Taylor Upshaw, 5-star DE KJ Henry, Ohio 4-star DE Tyreke Smith, Ohio 4-star LB Christopher Oats, Ohio DE Blake Bacevich, Maryland athlete Alvontray Foster, Michigan athlete Jaylan Franklin, Virginia DE Chris Collins, DE Jevon Henderson and Maryland linebacker Chance Campbell.