The Philadelphia Eagles may be without starter Jalen Hurts, but former Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett is doing all that he can to help the Eagles clinch the NFC East.
With a win against the Dallas Cowboys, the Eagles win the division. And Pickett, through two quarters, has his team in position. The Eagles entered the halftime break with a 24-7 lead thanks to some big numbers from Pickett.
He’s completed 9-of-14 pass attempts for 133 yards and a touchdown and added another on the ground via the tush push.
Pickett stood in the pocket as the Cowboys’ pass rush closed in, stepped up and threw a perfect 22-yard strike to wideout DeVonta Smith in the back of the end zone. And he followed it up again with a beautiful 49-yard strike to Smith to set up the second touchdown.
Pickett, of course, starred at Pitt in the late 2010s and early 2020s. He spent the better part of four years as the Panthers starting quarterback.
Pickett was one of the best quarterbacks in college football in 2021, completing 334-of-497 pass attempts (67%) for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns and seven interceptions — adding 241 yards and five more touchdowns on the ground.
He finished his Pitt career as the all-time leader in passing yards, completions, total offense, touchdowns responsible for and passing touchdowns. He’s thrown the most 300-yard passing games (16) and 400-yard passing games (five) and his 32 wins are the most as a Pitt starter.
Pickett completed 1,045-of-1,674 career passing attempts (just over 62%) for 12,303 yards and 81 touchdowns, to just 32 interceptions, in 52 career appearances (49 starts). He also added 809 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns.
He led Pitt to its first ACC title in 2021, earning All-ACC, All-American and Heisman Trophy finalist honors. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.
Kenny Pickett threw for 4,474 yards (62.6% completion) with 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in his 25 games as a Pittsburgh Steeler.
