Pitt may not have had any Senior Bowl participants last winter, but Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy is very familiar with the program.
Nagy has been very complimentary of Konata Mumpfield and Gavin Bartholomew this offseason, so it makes sense that Mumpfield and Bartholomew were two of the four Pitt Panthers to be named to the preseason watchlist. Branson Taylor and Donovan McMillon also received preseason recognition.
The Senior Bowl is the premier All-Star event of the offseason, with every NFL team and personnel from other professional leagues in attendance.
Former Pitt stars Kenny Pickett and SirVocea Dennis attended the Senior Bowl in recent seasons, turning the week-long event in Mobile, Ala. into being selected in the 2022 NFL Draft and 2023 NFL Draft, respectively.
This is not the final list of players that will be invited, it’s just the starting point of evaluation for Nagy and the Senior Bowl scouts and official invitations will be extended after the season.
Here are the Pitt Panthers that were put on the early Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List:
The 2025 Senior Bowl is set for Feb. 1, 2025, at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Ala. The week-long draft spectacle, which is attended by every NFL team, is capped by the game itself.
But the process of running through drills for NFL personnel, meeting with NFL teams and getting your name out there is more valuable than the game itself.
If a Pitt player does enough to garner an invite to the event, an official invitation will be sent out later this year.
I wonder who is sponsoring the Senior Bowl this year.