2/01/2012

A quick look at the Pitt 2012 recruiting class

Hopewell RB Rushel Shell
Today is National Letter of Intent Day in America, a fun day for football fans of every high school and college program in the country.  Locally, the WPIAL has consistently placed a number of student-athletes into major college programs each year, and 2012 is no exception. 

The University of Pittsburgh football program has gone through some very publicized growing pains over the past year, culminating with former coach Todd Graham abandoning his job to take the Arizona State gig and new coach Paul Chryst making his way from Wisconsin to take over a program that needs some TLC.  In the meantime, Pitt has made a solid attempt at keeping a nice recruiting class together despite the confusion.  Today, fans got a look at the next wave of Pitt football stars via all sorts of media outlets, including Facebook and Twitter.  It was by far the most interactive NLI day in the history of college football.

A quick look at the Pitt recruiting class of 2012, by order of letter arrival at the Pitt offices today.


7:01 a.m. Chad Voytik QB 6-0 185 Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland High School
7:19 a.m. Adam Bisnowaty OL 6-6 275 Cheswick, Pennsylvania Fox Chapel
7:50 a.m. Devon Porchia LB 6-2 200 Parkville, Maryland Gilman School
8:00 a.m. Chris Davis WR 5-9 185 Austintown, Ohio Austintown Fitch
8:00 a.m. Demitrious Davis WR 5-10 185 Austintown, Ohio Austintown Fitch
8:18 a.m. J.P. Holtz TE 6-4 230 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shaler Area
8:26 a.m. Darryl Render DL 6-2 255 Brook Park, Ohio St. Edward
8:56 a.m. Deasyean Rippy S 6-2 200 McKees Rocks, Pa. Sto-Rox
9:00 a.m. Rushel Shell RB 6-0 210 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Hopewell
9:09 a.m. Gabe Roberts OL 6-5 295 New London, Wisconsin New London
9:11 a.m. Bam Bradley S 6-2 200 Trotwood, Ohio Trotwood-Madison
9:17 a.m. Jahmahl Pardner DB 5-11 170 Rochester, New York Aquinas Institute
9:48 a.m. Mike Caprara LB 6-0 205 Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania Woodland Hills
10:33 a.m. Trenton Coles DB 6-3 175 Clairton, Pennsylvania Clairton
10:45 a.m. Terrell Jackson DL 6-3 285 Columbus, Ohio Marion-Franklin
11:50 a.m. Ryan Lewis DB 6-0 185 Sammamish, Washington Eastlake

Pitt recruit QB Chad Voytik of Cleveland, Tennessee
Right off the bat, Chad Voytik and Rushel Shell stand out as the cornerstones of the class, with Bisnowaty and Sto-Rox LB/S Deasyean Rippy as the next level of recruits.  All in all, Pitt scored a pretty nice class considering the obstacles the school had to overcome this past year.  With the addition of Shell to a rushing unit that should include a healthy Ray Graham next season, Coach Paul Chryst should have a solid ground game to build his offense around.

Congrats to Pitt on their class and the bright future that appears to be materializing under Coach Paul Chryst!

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