Pitt Football Offers Michigan State Wide Receiver Transfer

Pitt football continues to work hard to try and bring new players in during the offseason and offered a Michigan State wide receiver transfer on Tuesday.

Tyrell Henry received an offer from the Panthers on Tuesday, a wide out who spent two seasons with the Spartans. He stands 6-foot and 175 pounds and hails from Roseville, Mich. a suburb north of Detroit.

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He played 11 games as a freshman in 2022, mainly on kickoff return, taking 10 kickoffs for a total of 183 yards, 18.3 average yards per return with the longest 30 yards.

Henry continued to return kickoffs as a sophomore this past season, taking 12 of them for 206 total yards, 17.2 average yards per return with the longest 26 yards. He also worked as a punt returner in 2023, with 13 returns for 89 yards, 6.8 average yards per return and a long of 18.

He also would expand his role into seeing more snaps at wide out, making 24 receptions for 195 yards and three touchdowns. His best game came against Nebraska at home on Nov. 4, as he made four catches for 54 yards and a touchdown.

Henry is the sixth wide receiver from the transfer portal that the Pitt football coaching staff has offered this offseason. This includes Dymere Miller of Monmouth, Robert Lewis of Georgia State, Quentrell Harris of Kent State, Diante Vines of Iowa and TJ Sheffield of Purdue.

Pitt currently has eight scholarship wide receivers heading into 2024. This includes rising redshirt senior Jake McConnachie, rising senior Konata Mumpfield, rising redshirt junior Daejon Reynolds, rising redshirt sophomore Che Nwabuko, rising sophomore Kenny Johnson and rising redshirt freshmen Israel Polk, Lamar Seymore and Zion Fowler-El. The incoming Class of 2024 also has one wideout in three-star Cameron Monteiro from Massachusetts.

The Panthers have lost two scholarship wide receivers this offseason in starter Bub Means, who declared for the NFL Draft, and Addison Copeland III. 

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