prospectus

2015 PITT PANTHERS SPRING FOOTBALL
2015 Pitt Recruit Bio Capsules
Saleem Brightwell, LB, 6-0, 195, Palisades Park, N.J./Paramus Catholic
Highly decorated and productive linebacker who compiled nearly 200 tackles his final two seasons at perennial New
Jersey power Paramus Catholic...first team All-New Jersey…first team All-New Jersey Non-Public…first team All-Bergen
County…compiled 84 tackles, 12 TFLs and eight sacks as a senior…helped Paramus Catholic to a 9-2 record and its third
consecutive Non-Public, Group 4 championship game…the Paladins finished fourth in the final NJ.com Top 20 (all classifications)…his
junior year, had 100 tackles, six TFLs and 5.5 sacks in helping his team to the Non-Public, Group 4 title…
started at strong safety as a sophomore…led team to a three-year mark of 29-6 (.829)…rated one of New Jersey’s top 25
overall prospects by ESPN (No. 11), Rivals (No. 18), Scout (No. 20) and 247Sports (No. 23)…played under Coach Chris
Partridge.
Ben DiNucci, QB, 6-2, 190, Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland
Enjoyed a prolific senior year at Pine-Richland, becoming the first player in Pennsylvania history to throw for 4,000
yards in a season…passed for 4,269 yards and 46 touchdowns in leading Pine-Richland to a 15-1 record, the WPIAL
Class AAAA championship and PIAA title game…USA Today All-American (second team)…Pennsylvania’s Gatorade Player
of the Year…Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class AAAA Player of the Year…Pennsylvania Football News Class AAAA Offensive
Player of the Year…Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Fabulous 22”…Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “Terrific 25”…a starter for
the Rams since his sophomore year, DiNucci threw for 7,619 yards and 72 TDs during his career…rated the No. 10 overall
prospect in the state by ESPN…rated the nation’s No. 27 pocket-passer quarterback by ESPN…played under Coach Eric
Kasperowicz, a former player at Pitt from 1994-97.
Allen Edwards, DL, 6-4, 235, Miami, Fla./Dean College (Mass.)
Junior-college defensive end prospect who played at Dean College during the 2013 and 2014 seasons…will have junior
eligibility at Pitt for the 2015 season…first team All-Northeast Football Conference…led Dean with 13.5 TFLs and eight
sacks during the 2014 season...played under Dean head coach Todd Vasey…as a high school senior at Miami’s Immaculata-La
Salle, collected 48 tackles and 10 sacks.
Darrin Hall, RB, 5-11, 215, Youngstown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch
Rated one of the top 10 overall prospects in Ohio by Rivals despite an injury-shortened senior season…played in only
four full games in 2014 due to a knee injury…as a junior, was named to the Associated Press Division I All-Ohio Team after
rushing for 1,465 yards and 13 touchdowns on 241 carries (6.1 avg.)…his sophomore year, Hall rushed for 960 yards
and 14 TDs on 125 carries (7.7 avg.)…in three varsity seasons at Fitch, totaled 2,814 yards and 31 TDs on 433 carries
(6.5 avg.)…during his all-state junior season, Hall led the Falcons to a 12-1 record and the third round of the Ohio Division
I playoffs…named to the Rivals 250 (No. 195) and Scout 300 (No. 270)…rated one of the top 20 overall prospects in
Ohio by Rivals (No. 8), ESPN (No. 11), 247Sports (No. 15) and Scout (No. 19)…played under Coach Phil Annarella.
Malik Henderson, DB, 6-0, 175, Plantation, Fla./Hallandale
Early high school graduate who enrolled at Pitt in January and will participate in spring drills…a starting cornerback
who helped Hallandale to an 11-1 record and the Florida 6A playoffs as a senior…played under Coach Dameon Jones…a
relative newcomer to football, he did not start playing the game until his sophomore year of high school…despite his
inexperience, Henderson garnered multiple FBS scholarship offers prior to his senior year, including Arkansas and Indiana.
—2015 Recruits Continued—
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