Pitt FB Recruiting
Pitt Recruiting Brings Offers Closer to Home

Since getting on the road recruiting, the Pitt football staff has spent a great deal of time recruiting down south in areas such as Texas, Florida and Georgia.
Over the last few days, the recruiting territory has changed as a lot of the Pitt coaches are in places a lot closer to home.
Wednesday was another day that plenty of Pitt offers were extended to players in states like Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Here’s a recap of what Pittsburgh Sports Now was able to gather in terms of new Pitt offers.
RECAP OF PITT FOOTBALL OFFERS FROM WEDNESDAY:
**2028 athlete Daejour Pinckney from Westinghouse High School. Pinckney is a rising 2028 City League recruit after adding offers from the Panthers, Wisconsin, Western Michigan, Miami (OH), Sacramento State this week, along with one from Akron in January.
I’m thankful to receive a offer from Pitt🔵🟡@Pitt_FB @EdOBrienCFB@MohrRecruiting@DemetricDWarren@ChadSimmons_ @CharlesPower @BrianDohn247 @adamgorney
@MAnderson247@TomLoy247@ZBlostein247@SWiltfong_ pic.twitter.com/54Dp8lJ62O— DaeJour Pinckney (@PinckneyDaejour) May 14, 2025
**2027 athlete Amir Hogans (6’3″, 220-pounds) from the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. At this point of his recruitment, Hogans holds offers from Boston College, Bowling Green, Brown, Buffalo, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Old Dominion, Princeton, Penn, Rutgers and Yale.
Great first day of the showcase for the guys and I! Looking forward to being back and better on Monday! @Red_Zone75 @Tonyrazz03 pic.twitter.com/ZthrQuYkbd
— Amir Hogans (@amir_hogans2) May 3, 2025
**2028 offensive tackle Peyton Eveland (6’9″, 310-pounds) from the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. Eveland holds offers from Rutgers, Syracuse and Liberty.
2028 OL
Peyton Eveland
The Hun School (NJ.)
6-9/310 🎓 3.9 GPA @PeytonEveland https://t.co/KCeivJw9PV pic.twitter.com/d7jYHOeHJh— 5StarScouting™ (@5StarScouting) April 16, 2025
**2027 interior offensive lineman Greg Thomas II from the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. Thomas (6’4″, 330-pounds) has other offers from Penn State, Boston College, Duke and Rhode Island.
2027 IOL @GThomas2027 is a true road grader, moved well at recent Hun School Showcase.
Holds offers from Boston College, Duke, Penn State and Rhode Island.
👉 https://t.co/bx9iWUHOwe pic.twitter.com/J6oVv19fen
— Richie O’Leary (@RivalsRichie) May 8, 2025
**2027 quarterback Lukas Prock from the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. Prock received the offer from Coach Bronowski and holds two other offers from Syracuse and Sacramento State.
Sophomore Season Highlights!! Thank you @Raider_FB for an Amazing season.@CoachNixon_Cuse @CoachNunz @RivalsCuseCK @MicFein @Coach_JDiBiaso @BenMoore247 @josh7meyer @JonasLGray @NewOutlawz @M2_QBacademy @FloridaOutlawz pic.twitter.com/D4TslqEDQA
— Lukas Prock 2028 QB (@ProckLukas) December 8, 2024
**2028 athlete Mekhi Parker from Glassboro, New Jersey. Jones (6’3″, 180-pounds) holds other offers from Syracuse, Boston College, Buffalo, UTSA and UConn.
Blessed to receive an offer from University of Pittsburgh @TomLoy247 @LemmingReport @adamgorney @TheUCReport @TimmyBreaker3 @GlassboroHighfb @realfbllliason @TheJuiceOnline @CoachSHuggins @RivalsRichie pic.twitter.com/wYFosT4T5B
— Mekhi Parker (@MekhiParker2028) May 14, 2025
**2028 athlete Akeem Jones Jr. from Bridgeton, New Jersey. This becomes the second D-1 offer for this talented freshman (Syracuse). The offer was presented by Jacob Bronowski.
Freshman season highlights, with 17 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 touchdown @HermitsFootball @rickymremax @NP_Recruiting @PrepRedzoneNJ @ExpoRecruits https://t.co/OxSVwFUQW7
— Akeem jones jr (@Akeemjones_) November 23, 2024
**2027 3-star LB Ausar Heard from Winslow Township High School in Atco, New Jersey. Heard (6’0″, 210-pounds) holds offers from Duke, Akron, Georgia, Penn State, Syracuse and West Virginia.
Coming a little different for my Junior Year
4 months of focus 💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/Uw48BpOBPt
— Ausar Heard (@Sardagod_4) May 8, 2025
**2027 4-star DE/OT Carter Blattner from Northern Highlands High School in Allendale, New Jersey. Blattner (6’5″, 260-pounds) is ranked by 247 Sports as the No. 6 sophomore in New Jersey and one of the Top 30 lineman in the Class of 2027. Blattner received the offer from OL Coach Tim Daoust and holds others from Boston College, Duke, Rutgers, Syracuse and Wake Forest.
Check out my Sophomore Season Highlights- https://t.co/MC7X37jLSa @coachdcord @NHighlandsFB
— CarterBlattner (@carterblattner) November 21, 2024
**2027 4-star offensive lineman Terrance Smith from Landsdale, Pennsylvania received an offer from Cory Sanders and Jeremy Darveau. Smith is ranked by 247 Sports as one of the T0p 100 overall players in the Class of 2027. Smith (6’6″, 260-pounds) currently holds offers from Alabama, Boston College, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State, Missouri, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Blessed to be ranked as the 10th ‘27 OT in the nation and rated a 4⭐️ by @247Sports . #AGTG @BigMenNTrenches @EdOBrienCFB @BrianDohn247 pic.twitter.com/bdYvHbp58x
— 4⭐️Terrance Smith (@21T_Smith) April 23, 2025
** Pitt extended an offer to 2027 OL/DL Stanley Montgomery from Philadelphia. Montgomery (6’3”, 290-pounds) has also received offers from Kentucky, Wisconsin, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Delaware State and Syracuse. Montgomery made a recent visit to Pitt when he attended the Pitt Blue/Gold game.
Sophomore Year Highlights
1st Team All Catholic Offensive and Defensive line @PRZPAvic @PAPrepsRivalshttps://t.co/DYwuKQr4hs— Stanley J. Montgomery (@StanMonte27) November 22, 2024
**2027 wide receiver Cade Cooper from Malvern, Pennsylvania. Cooper is 6′-3″, 195-pounds and holds offers from Duke, Kentucky, Boston College, Akron, Kent State, Maryland, Michigan State, Syracuse and Virginia Tech. Cooper received the offer from area recruiter Cory Sanders.
Sophomore Season Highlights
6’3
188lbs
CO’27
Malvern Preparatory Schoolhttps://t.co/WJyC54EDZq@CoachGueriera @MalvernPrepFB @MPFBRecruits pic.twitter.com/lQ8wiXYS9F— Cade Cooper 2027 (@CadeCooper27) November 10, 2024
