Recruiting
PittsburghPanthers
Class
Class of 2026
Class rank
44
214.1 points
Signees
21
8 states
Blue chips
6
0× 5★ · 6× 4★
Average rating
0.8767
15× 3★
Transfers in
16
from 15 schools
37 players21 signed · 16 transferred
Quarterbacks3
- 4QBCorey Dailey0.8958
- 3QBAngelo Renda0.8556
- 3QBHolden Geriner ← Texas State0.8300
Running backs2
- 4RBDamon Ferguson Jr.0.9224
- 3RBLa'Vell Wright ← Western Kentucky0.8500
Receivers4
- 4WRRodney Dunbar0.8911
- 3WRBryan Hamilton0.8711
- 3WRDemetrice McCray0.8678
- 3WRMalik Knight ← Western Carolina0.8300
Tight ends3
- 3TECarson Kent ← Oklahoma0.8700
- 3TEWyatt Villarreal0.8522
- 3TEElijah Lagg ← UAB0.8400
Offensive line5
- 4OTNick Howard0.8922
- 3IOLJohn Curran0.8533
- 3OTMike Van Der Oord0.8533
- 3IOLKeylen Davis ← Akron0.8500
- 3OTNetinho Olivieri ← Pennsylvania0.8300
Defensive line3
- 3DLLincoln Hoke0.8656
- 3DLJeremiah Warren ← Illinois0.8600
- 3DLEliyt Nairne ← Tulane0.8500
Linebackers7
- 4LBReston Lehman0.8923
- 4LBIsaiah Simmons0.8911
- 3LBMarcus Jennings0.8844
- 3LBJosh Pittman0.8733
- 3LBDesmond Johnson0.8689
- 3LBAlex Sanford Jr. ← Purdue0.8600
- 3LBDeMarco Ward ← Memphis0.8500
Defensive backs6
- 3CBKentrail McRae0.8833
- 3SDa'Ron Barksdale0.8744
- 3STony Forney0.8733
- 3SIsaac Patterson0.8711
- 3CBRaion Strader ← Auburn0.8700
- 3CBKanye Thompson ← Slippery Rock0.8500
Specialists3
- 3KSamuel Hunsaker ← Northern Arizona0.8300
- 2PGabe Russo ← Idaho State—
- 2LSJustin Schmidt ← Purdue—
Athletes1
- 3ATHDylan Wester0.8778
Recruiting footprint
High-school signings only. Hover a state to highlight; click to filter.
21 signees · 8 states
Class rank
Lower number is better, so the axis is flipped: higher on the chart is a stronger class.average #45.8 across 16 ranked classes