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Pitt WR Bub Means Accepts Invite to Shrine Bowl

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Pitt wide receiver Bub Means.

Pitt wide receiver Bub Means will have the chance next month to showcase to NFL personnel that he is far more than just an athletic freak.

Means — who spent the last two seasons at Pitt after arriving from Louisiana Tech — declared for the 2024 NFL Draft last month, and on Thursday, he accepted an invitation to the 2024 Shrine Bowl.

It’s a good opportunity for Means to show off his physical tools and potentially earn an invite to the 2024 NFL Combine. And he won’t be alone at the Shrine Bowl, joining fellow Pitt Panthers Matt Goncalves and M.J. Devonshire.

Means went through an up-and-down career at Pitt, experiencing some issues with drops throughout his two seasons in Pittsburgh, but he emerged as one of the best wide receivers in the ACC over the second half of the 2023 season.

Means hauled in 41 receptions for 721 yards and six touchdowns last season, but 650 yards and all six touchdowns came over the final eight games of the season — averaging a touch over 81 yards per game. In his Pitt career, he racked up 68 receptions for 1,122 yards (16.5 yards per reception) and eight touchdowns.

He earned an All-ACC honorable mention last season, and throughout the struggles he faced while at Pitt, his smile never left. Means was a leader in the wide receivers room, filling in for Jared Wayne after he left for the NFL after the 2022 season, and he was one of the veteran leaders across the roster throughout the rough 2023 season.

“With the departure of Jared Wayne, Bub has been the more vocal leader and Konata is more of a lead by example,” Tiquan Underwood said in October. “(Mumpfield’s) been even more vocal this year as well. But those two have done a great job leading our group because we have a mixture of older guys, younger guys and they’re showing those guys the way.”

Means should test very well at the Shrine Bowl, standing at 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, and it will be up to him to show NFL teams his consistency and growth since the season ended.

The 2024 Shrine Bowl is scheduled for Feb. 1 at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas.

Sandy Schall, Coldwell Banker

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