It’s just about impossible to plan for the future in college football these days. There was a Pitt succession plan in place at this time last year. Phil Jurkovec would be the guy in 2023, but Christian Veilleux would have two seasons of eligibility when he took over in 2024.
PITTSBURGH — Nate Yarnell entered the spring as the Pitt starting quarterback, and that’s not going to change entering the summer. All five scholarship quarterbacks received reps in Saturday’s spring game at Acrisure Stadium, but only Yarnell and Eli Holstein recorded double-digit passing attempts.
Since the day Kade Bell set foot inside of the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, a pledge was made to revive the Pitt offense. Under Frank Cignetti Jr. in 2023, the Panthers' offense was the worst in the ACC.
Nate Yarnell may have a good grasp of the new offensive scheme, but he doesn’t know exactly what offensive coordinator Kade Bell wants yet. To be fair, no one does.
It isn’t unfair to say that former offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti Jr. largely lost his job because of his inability to find and develop a quarterback during his two seasons at Pitt.
Pitt rotated through three different starting quarterbacks last season, largely without success, but the quarterback room will look quite different entering the 2024 season.
Since the insertion of Nate Yarnell as Pitt’s starting quarterback, the player that’s benefited the most and opened a lot of eyes has been Karter Johnson.
Nate Yarnell wasn’t perfect against Boston College or Duke, and he only won one of his two starts this season, but it’s clear that Pitt has something in its young quarterback.
DURHAM, N.C. -- This debate shouldn't be a long one this offseason. Once might be an accident and a happy occurrence. Twice might be a coincidence. Thrice, though, should be a clear indicator of a pattern of a norm.
Duke’s Vincent Anthony Jr. dragged Nate Yarnell down from behind on 4th-and-5 with just under two minutes left in the game, and it didn’t just end the game — it ended the Pitt season.
When a season goes the way Pitt's has gone this season, the outcome of the final game doesn't mean as much as what could happen in the days to follow. Yes, the Panthers will wrap up their 3-8 season Sunday in Durham, N.C.
Rodney Hammond Jr. stepped down off the platform deep inside the bowels of Acrisure Stadium and dapped up the grinning 6-foot-6 kid waiting his turn to speak.
PITTSBURGH — Nate Yarnell didn’t reinvent the wheel or anything against Boston College. He didn’t throw for 300 yards or three touchdowns. But he was definitely good enough to lead Pitt to a win.
This is exactly what the final two games of a season going nowhere should be utilized for. Even through the pomp and circumstance on a senior night, where
Rodney Hammond Jr. unleashed a 66-yard touchdown run in the waning minutes Thursday to seal Pittsburgh's 24-16 home victory over Boston College. Having
No. 18 UCLA can reach 10 wins for the first time since 2014 against Pitt, which seeks its best consecutive finishes since 2008-09, at the Sun Bowl on Friday in El Paso, Texas.
No. 24 Pitt concludes its nonconference schedule on Saturday afternoon when it hosts coach Pat Narduzzi's alma mater in FCS member Rhode Island.
Nate Yarnell completed 9 of 12 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 23 Pitt to a 34-13 road win over Western Michigan on Saturday in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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