In the midst of a burst of on-campus recruiting visits after the NCAA lifted the covid-19 ban on face-to-face contact June 1, Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi secured a fifth verbal commitment from the Class of 2022 on Saturday.
Jordaan Bailey, a running back from Tampa, Fla., pledged to the Panthers and announced his intentions on his Twitter account after informing Narduzzi on Friday.
Bailey (6-1, 180) is entering his senior year at Hillsborough High School in Tampa. He is rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com.
Bailey is Pitt’s first 2022 recruit who plays a skill position and the first from Florida. The Panthers have signed 24 prospects from Florida in the past five classes.
“It’s been a very long journey and my hard work has paid off,” he posted on Twitter. “I’m very blessed to be in the position that I’m in.”
They been knew I was a ⭐️ Them people told me I was gifted??#H2P #AGTG #RETWEEET pic.twitter.com/YmbGoJuxHS
— JB1⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@jordaanbailey_) June 12, 2021
He had 14 other Division I offers, including West Virginia, Cincinnati, Colorado State, Buffalo and USF.
Pitt also has received verbal, non-binding commitments from Australian punter Sam Vander Haar, Central Valley defensive end Sean FitzSimmons, defensive tackle Elijah Statham of Smyrna, Del., and defensive back Aveon Grose of Mansfield, Ohio.
