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One Pitt Star Picked in Recent NFL Mock Draft

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Pitt tight end Gavin Bartholomew.

There’s a very good chance that Pitt will continue a run of 11 straight NFL Drafts with at least one player selected when the 2025 NFL Draft rolls around in April.

If one draftnik is correct, Gavin Bartholomew will continue the trend for the Panthers this year.

Dalton Miller of Pro Football Network projected the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, selected with the 193rd pick. Bartholomew is the only Pitt player who is drafted in his mock.

Bartholomew will have an opportunity to raise his stock at the Senior Bowl next month — and likely the NFL Combine in March.

Bartholomew went through his fair share of ups and downs this season, as did the Panthers, but he hauled in 37 receptions for 303 yards (8.2 yards per reception) and four touchdowns in 12 games — serving as a team captain.

It was the third-highest yardage total of Bartholomew’s career, and the lowest yards per catch, but he put together one of his best games of the season in the regular season finale against Boston College.

It never truly clicked for Bartholomew and the Panthers following a standout freshman campaign, but he showed flashes in all four seasons in Pittsburgh. And maybe more importantly, he proved to be a true “Pitt man” every step of the way.

“We’d like to get the ball to Gavin,” head coach Pat Narduzzi said in October. “Gavin is probably the unluckiest tight end in the country. When you watch some of the plays where he’s open, we have chances to get him the ball and we haven’t had a chance to get it to him. But he’s open. And we have some nice plays called.

“But that sometimes happens. We’d like to get Gavin more. We’re trying to but for whatever reason it just doesn’t work out that way.”

Bartholomew recorded 18 receptions for 326 yards (18.1 yards per catch) with a touchdown in 2023 on the way to All-ACC honorable mention honors. He had the highest reception percentage (66.7%) and made 3-of-4 contested catches with just a single drop.

In four seasons at Pitt, Bartholomew has recorded 104 receptions for 1,238 yards (11.9 yards per reception) and 11 touchdowns — thriving despite a serious disconnect between Bartholomew and the assortment of quarterbacks throwing the ball his way.

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.

Sandy Schall, Coldwell Banker

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