The Pitt football program has done a good job lately of developing players and getting them into the NFL.
Last night was the opening night of exhibition games in the NFL and a number of former Panthers had productive nights.
Here’s a recap of who was in action and how they performed.
NATHAN PETERMAN (Buffalo Bills):
Peterman finished the game 9/10 for 119 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT
LAFAYETTE PITTS (Buffalo Bills):
Pitts finished the night with 3 tackles.
TYLER BOYD (Cincinnati Bengals):
Boyd’s lone reception of the night went for a 3-yard touchdown catch from Andy Dalton.
RYAN WINSLOW (Chicago Bears):
Winslow is competing for the Bears starting punting job with Patrick O’Donnell. Winslow had 1 punt for 45 yards while O’Donnell had 3 punts that averaged 40.7 yards.
SCOTT ORNDOFF (Jacksonville Jaguars):
Orndoff signed late with the Jaguars and is looking to catch on. Last night, Orndoff finished with 2 catches for 16 yards including a TD.
TOM SAVAGE (New Orleans Saints):
Savage is competing for the Saints backup job and finished the night 10/14 for 70 yards.
JORDAN WHITEHEAD (Tampa Bays Bucs):
**In his first professional game, Whitehead finished the night with 2 tackles.
JAMES CONNER (Pittsburgh Steelers):
**With LeVeon Bell holding out, Conner got the start and had 4 carries for 25 yards and 1 catch for 9 yards.
EJUAN PRICE (Los Angeles Rams):
**Price is once again battling to make the Rams 53-man roster. Price had a good debut finishing with 2 tackles including one sack.
NICOLAS GRIGSBY (New England Patriots):
**Grigsby is with the Patriots and ended the night with 1 tackle.
RYAN LEWIS (New England Patriots):
**Lewis is trying to make the Patriots and made this big hit.
