Top WPIAL DB Schedules Pitt Official Visit

PITTSBURGH — In February, the Pitt Panthers made the top seven schools for four-star Imani Christian safety Gabe Jenkins. Now, it appears that Pitt is one of the schools at the top of his list, and has scheduled an official visit with Jenkins for June 11-13, according to Rivals' Sam Spiegelman.

Pitt has been pursuing Jenkins for quite some time now. Pitt made Jenkins' list of top eight schools last January, but he ultimately passed up the Panthers' offer for in-state rival Penn State in August.

However, Jenkins reopened his recruitment after James Franklin was fired in October and quickly listed Pitt as one of his "standout schools."

In January, Pat Narduzzi and new defensive coordinator Cory Sanders visited Jenkins at Imani Christian. Less than a week later, Jenkins' new list of top eight schools was released, andPitt made the cut once again. Then, the Panthers survived yet another round and made Jenkins' top seven list.

This all leads to March 25, when Spiegelman reported that of those seven schools — Colorado, Michigan, Penn State, USC, Virginia Tech, UCLA and Pitt — three are at the top of his list.

Pitt, Penn State and Colorado.

“They’re all standing at the top, all three of them,” Jenkins told Spiegelman. “It’s gonna be hard when I have to make my decision.”

According to Spiegelman, Jenkins has an official visit with Colorado for May 15-17 and Penn State for June 5-7 in addition to his June 11-13 visit with Pitt.

He also reported that Jenkins was at Pitt last week to schedule his official visit.

“Pitt has been showing me mad love,” Jenkins told Spiegelman. “They made a big impression.”

Pitt Summer Visits

May 28-30

• WR Jayden Elder, Spanish River (Boca Raton, Fla.)
• RB Tyler Reid, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — Pitt commit
• QB Kevin Verpaele, Merritt Island (Merritt Island, Fla.) — Pitt commit
• WR Jacob Thomas, Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) — Pitt commit
• OL Noah Nixon, Buford (Buford, Ga.)
• OL Jajuan Graham, Tucker (Tucker, Ga.)
• DL Carter Napier, Springboro (Springboro, Ohio)
• EDGE Cam Aime, St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)

June 11-13

• OL Colin Urrea, Community School of Naples (Naples, Fla.) — Pitt commit
• ATH Jaden Bibbs, Coppell (Coppell, Texas)
• LB Davon Smith, Westfield (Houston, Texas)
• DB Jeremiah Proctor, Gainesville (Gainesville, Ga.)
• EDGE Dominic Letlow, Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, Ohio)
• OL Ryan Robbins, Upper St. Clair (Upper St. Clair, Pa.)
• DB Gabe Jenkins, Imani Christian Academy (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

June 18-20

• OL Jon Sassic, Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
• OL Jalen Webb, Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio)
• DL Jaiden Davis, Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)
• DB Jordan Young, Lakeland (Lakeland, Fla.)
• LB Zykee Scott, La Salle College (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• LB Joshua Echols, Buford (Buford, Ga.)

Jenkins Narrows His List of Schools