Pitt Recruiting

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Wanny got that ball rolling lately...Cam Saddler triggered a solid line of commitments:

Pittsburgh Gazette

Recruiting: Pitt nets 3 from WPIAL
Sunseri, Shanahan, Baldwin commit
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Aliquippa High School's Jonathan Baldwin and Norwin's Mike Shanahan were teammates for four years on an AAU basketball team. They will reunite next year on the Pitt football team.
Baldwin and Shanahan, two of the top football players in the WPIAL, made verbal commitments to Pitt this weekend for football, and went public yesterday with their decisions. Both were members of the Post-Gazette Fabulous 22 and were recruited to play receiver.
Last night the Panthers continued their run of good fortune, receiving a verbal commitment from Central Catholic senior quarterback Tino Sunseri (6 feet 1 1/2, 200 pounds), son of former Pitt great Sal Sunseri.



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Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Rivals5: State battles

BATTLE FOR PENNSYLVANIA
The Combatants: Penn State, Pittsburgh
The Winner: Pitt

With Western Pennsylvania so loaded this recruiting year, Pitt had the early advantage. However, it didn't look like they'd be able to take advantage beyond Lucas Nix and some lesser players. But with late commitments from Jonathan Baldwin, Shayne Hale, Cameron Saddler and Jarred Holley, the Panthers hit a home run. Throw in four-star running back Chris Burns and this is a great in-state class. Penn State did land linebacker Mike Yancich, tight end Mark Wedderburn and Matt Stankiewitch, all top-20 players in the state, but it's not enough to overcome Pitt's haul. - Mike Farrell