PITTSBURGH — Practice No. 14 took place on the South Side Friday morning and the intrigue is heightening around the starting quarterback job between redshirt junior Nate Yarnell and redshirt freshman Alabama transfer Eli Holstein.
That sets up a critical second scrimmage that will take place on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. Come Tuesday, there’s a chance that Narduzzi and offensive coordinator Kade Bell could solidify who will take the starting snaps with Kent State just two weekends out.
Yarnell and Holstein have been side-by-side throughout fall camp, working on their accuracy and connections with the wide receivers and running backs.
Check out the sights and sounds from the South Side on Friday with all eyes on the two competitors:
If Holstein is more talented he needs to play it’s pretty simple. There’s no guarantee he’s even here this fall if Yarnell wins the job who I have been high on since his arrival. He reminds a lot of a young Joe Flacco will he end up that good unlikely but the path is very similar passed over for a local kid size and frame all similar. All im saying is I’m sure Holstein had other suitors Pitt probably paid a significant amount of money to get him to come from the deep south to the rust belt. Play the… Read more »
If Holstein is more talented he needs to play it’s pretty simple. There’s no guarantee he’s even here this fall if Yarnell wins the job who I have been high on since his arrival. He reminds a lot of a young Joe Flacco will he end up that good unlikely but the path is very similar passed over for a local kid size and frame all similar. All im saying is I’m sure Holstein had other suitors Pitt probably paid a significant amount of money to get him to come from the deep south to the rust belt. Play the… Read more »