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'06 PA DT/DE Jason Pinkston (Pitt verbal)

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Pittsburgh (PA)
Baldwin

Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 273 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.9 seconds
2004 stats: 100 tackles, 7 sacks

Interested in UConn, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Akron, and Oklahoma.

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3/29/05


Focus '06: Baldwin DL
by Bob Lichtenfels of Scout.com, March 29, 2005 at 1:43pm ET

Jason Pinkston Profile

Despite the fact that he has garnered five offers and his name has become quite popular among internet recruiting fans, Baldwin (Pa.) defensive lineman Jason Pinkston has only scratched the surface. Most fans are unaware that Pinkston only has one full year as a defensive starter under his belt.

“My sophomore season I played tight end,” Pinkston said. “My junior season, I played offensive and defensive line, and I had a good year, and that’s when all the interest started coming.”

It started and hasn’t stopped for the 6-foot-5, 275-pound standout. Pinkston has received written scholarships from programs such as Maryland, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Iowa, and Akron. Big-time programs are beginning to take note, as well.

“I’m supposed to go to Notre Dame (4/2),” Pinkston said. “I think Oklahoma and Michigan may offer soon.”

One program that has not shown a lot of interest in Pinkston, despite other reports, is Penn State.

“They’re not recruiting me that hard,” Pinkston said.

One program that has really put on the full-court press according to Pinkston is Pittsburgh. The Panthers new head coach, Dave Wannstedt, is a former Baldwin football player himself.

“When he comes to the school its like 8,000 teachers want to talk to him and get autographs, and pictures,” Pinkston said. “When he’s here I don’t get to speak to him that much.”

The pressure appears to have worked as Pinkston named Pittsburgh his leader.

“I went to the junior day there it was a lot of fun,” Pinkston said. “We went on a tour around the campus, we went to the hoops game, I would say they’re my favorite right now.”

But, are the Panthers alone?

“I went to Maryland’s junior day and it was pretty good,” Pinkston said. “I’d have to say they are up there near the top also.”

In his first season as a defensive starter Pinkston tallied 100 tackles, seven sacks, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles. He was named first-team All-Conference, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous 22 South, and Tribune-Review Terrific 25.


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4/5/05

From the ND site...OSU has offered Pinkston, to go along with Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia, Iowa, Maryland, Akron and Rutgers. Michigan and UConn have verbally offered butnot yet in writing. He grew up a Pitt Panther fan. He plans to visit OSU some time soon.
 
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4/21/05

Jason denies a top five and claims offers from Georgia, Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Penn State, Rutgers, Connecticut, Iowa and Akron. Pinkston has attended JR Days at Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Akron and Penn State.

Holds a 2.5 GPA and will take the SAT in June for the first time.
 
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4/21/05

From the Pitt site...Pitt, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina State, Ohio State, and Michigan have all officially offered. He has visited Pitt, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Akron, and Penn State so far and plans to see OSU and Michigan. He will not attend any of the combines.
 
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5/12/05

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Pinkston A Hot Commodity
By Duane Long
Date: May 12, 2005

Ohio State is working the state of Pennsylvania hard again this year, and one of the players they are particularly interested in is Jason Pinkston of Pittsburgh Baldwin. We caught up with Pinkston for a recruiting update. Click the link to check it out.
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Pinkston has offers from include Georgia, Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Penn State, Rutgers, Connecticut, Iowa and Akron. He does not have a leader or top at this point. He is wide open. OSU has been recruiting him for awhile now. Ranked as a top 10 player in PA this year.​
 
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It seems, with Schafers's move to DT, we only need 1 tackle and 1 DE (Rose). Pinkston seems like a solid choice to me, I would take him in a second. Aundre Henderson, Antonio Reed and Jaosn Onyebuagu are also guys I would liek to see us make some progress one.
 
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5/18/05

From the Minnesota site...Jason talks a little bit about some of the schools who have offered him, including LSU, Georgia and Minnesota. He is also hoping to get offers from Miami, Oklahoma and USC.
 
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