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Pitt Extends Offer to Former Freshman All-American Wide Receiver
Pitt was busy extending offers to transfer wide receivers Monday, the first day the transfer portal was open, and Charleston Southern transfer wide receiver Noah Jennings received one of those offers.
Jennings — a 6-foot-1, 185-pound rising junior from Columbia, S.C. — received an offer from Pitt, along with Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina, ECU and Washington State.
He has two seasons of eligibility remaining following a two-season stint with the Buccaneers.
Pitt Offered! AGTG pic.twitter.com/fSzmC3g0Qn
— SPID6Y (@TheNoahJennings) December 9, 2024
Jennings wasn’t highly sought-after coming out of Westwood High in the class of 2023, but he emerged quickly as a standout wide receiver in a run-heavy offensive scheme.
Jennings earned freshman All-American status as a true freshman, hauling in 26 receptions for 410 yards (15.8 yards per reception) and a touchdown. He followed it up with a solid sophomore season, ranking up a team-high 46 receptions for 410 yards (10.3 yards per reception) and three touchdowns.
According to PFF, Jennings lined up out wide on just over 90% of his 297 pass snaps. He paced the team with 200 yards after catch, averaging 4.3 yards after catch per reception, and averaged 1.64 yards per route run with an average depth of target of 9.7 yards.
He did most of his work this season underneath, hauling in 37 passes short of the sticks for 276 yards and a touchdown — serving as a safety blanket. But he also turned 16 targets over 20 yards into five receptions for 131 yards and two touchdowns.
Pitt is losing lead wideout Konata Mumpfield next season, and while Kenny Johnson is slated to return (offering a potential leading wideout), it’s a wide receiving corps that got worse as the season progressed.
Johnson, Poppi Williams, Censere Lee, Zion Fowler-El and Tyreek Robinson are the wideouts in line for playing time right now, but it’s clear the coaching staff will look to add to the room.
