Pitt Shows Interest in Former WVU Wide Receiver

Pitt has already added a couple of wide receivers from the transfer portal this offseason, but the coaching staff will likely do its due diligence all the way up until the 2025 season.

It isn’t the biggest need on the roster anymore, but the coaching staff made it a priority to upgrade the room after a poor finish this season.

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And the coaching staff has identified North Texas transfer wideout Jeremiah Aaron.

Aaron — a 5-foot-11, 190-pound wideout from Natchitoches, Louisiana — has received interest from Pitt in the portal, The Portal Report reported. It remains to be seen how far that interest will progress, if at all, but Aaron is an interesting recruit.

UNT WR Jeremiah Aaron updates his recruitment for TPR 👀🔥

Offers:

LA Tech
Troy
Texas State

Interest:
Pitt
JMU
ECU
Toledo

Portal: https://t.co/mp5mJmivVS pic.twitter.com/D7PgwKXJ14

— The Portal Report (@ThePortalReport) January 8, 2025

Aaron was a junior college star out of Pearland High in the class of 2020, spending two seasons at Navarro Junior College. He earned NJCAA second-team All-American honors in 2021, racking up 1,775 all-purpose yards — including 49 receptions for 911 yards and eight touchdowns.

He made the jump to West Virginia before the 2022 season and spent two seasons with the Mountaineers. He recorded 13 receptions for 132 yards and a touchdown.

He entered the portal again before this season and transferred to North Texas, playing in just four games. He caught five passes for 97 yards and a touchdown in limited action.

Aaron has received offers from Louisiana Tech, Troy and Texas State, along with interest from ECU, JMU, Pitt and Toledo, since entering the portal.

Kenny Johnson is the lead Pitt wide receiver slated to return (even if he hasn’t officially announced he’s returning yet), and there are a lot of question marks outside of him. Poppi Williams and Censere Lee Jr. would start if the season started today (and Lee was healed from his season-ending injury), and it’s still uncertain behind them.

Tyreek Robinson has a lot of potential in the slot, and Zion Fowler-El is in the mix at either of the outside receiver spots. The true freshmen have an opportunity, too, but if the receiving corps is to bounce back from a disastrous second half, it will likely be because Florida State transfer Deuce Spann and Florida transfer Andy Jean stepped up next season.