Although the Pitt Panthers rolled with just three scholarship quarterbacks through spring ball, Kade Bell was very pleased with the progress, maturity, and overall functionality of that trio.
On Friday night, as first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Pitt Panthers offensive coordinator Kade Bell signed a new contract, inking a three-year deal that included a raise. The young, charismatic go-getter had led the FCS in total offense during his final year at Western Carolina in 2023.
PITTSBURGH — The Pitt Panthers head into 2025 with a clear starter at quarterback, but no confirmation about who would serve as the backup. Redshirt sophomore Eli Holstein announced his return last December and after a mostly successful 2024 campaign, he'll continue on as the starting quarterback for the Panthers in 2025.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pitt Panthers had questions on who would return for the following season, but for one of their football stars, there was never any doubt he'd come back.
When Eli Holstein broke out early in the 2024 season, even earning Heisman Trophy hype, it left some wondering whether the rising star would return to Pitt for a second season.
PITTSBURGH -- Pitt Panthers quarterback Eli Holstein heads into the 2025 season with a chance to build off of a solid 2024 campaign. Thomas Goldkamp and
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will have one of their best players back for next season, as star quarterback Eli Holstein announced his 2025 return on Twitter.
Pitt is starting a walk-on quarterback against Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl. David Lynch — a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback from East Greenwich, R.I.
DETROIT -- The Pitt Panthers will make a change at quarterback ahead of their matchup vs. Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field. The Panthers will have redshirt freshman and walk-on David Lynch start vs.
Pitt will have to finish its season without Eli Holstein. When the Panthers take on Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl today, it will not be Holstein under center.
Following the transfer of two players from the 2024 roster, the Pitt Panthers are in need of a veteran quarterback to backup returning starter Eli Holstein.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers still have one more game left in the season, but also have questions as to who will play at quarterback in it. Pitt redshirt
To say it was an up-and-down season for Eli Holstein would be an understatement, but Pat Narduzzi believes there’s a “good shot” his quarterback will have the chance to end the season on a high note.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have some good news about redshirt freshman quarterback Eli Holstein, who has dealt with injury issues late in the season.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers brought on a walk-on quarterback in their 37-9 blowout loss to the Louisville Cardinals on the road in Week 13. The Panthers brought on redshirt freshman quarterback David Lynch late in the third quarter of their defeat to the Cardinals.
Pittsburgh quarterback Eli Holstein was carted off the field with 5:32 left in the first quarter with an apparent left ankle injury during Saturday's Atlantic Coast Conference game against host Louisville.
Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein will return from injury to start Saturday against Louisville, according to multiple reports. Holstein left two games within the past month with apparent head injuries.
Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein will be sidelined Saturday against No. 20 Clemson as he continues to recover from apparent head injuries, ESPN reported. Per the report, Holstein has not been medically cleared after leaving two of the Panthers' past three games with injuries.
PITTSBURGH — Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein took a hard hit to the head in the third quarter against Virginia and left the game. Holstein kept an option play on second-and-4 from the Pitt 45, picked up five yards and converted the first down.
College football is entering the most critical phase of the season for those with conference and national title aspirations.
This past Friday, the Pittsburgh Panthers put in their most dominant performance of the season by dismantling Syracuse 41-13. The Orange entered the contest 5-1 so they were hardly a cupcake opponent.
PITTSBURGH — Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein left the game in the fourth quarter against Syracuse with an apparent injury. Holstein took off on first-and-10 early in the fourth quarter, picking up 13 yards and a first down, but he went down hard as he was tackled on the sideline.
Eli Holstein has a chance this week to do something he’s never done before: bounce back from a bad game. It can be easy to forget he’s a half-season into his college career sometimes, considering he immediately hit the ground running this season.
An epic Oregon win over Ohio State takes us into the halfway point of the college football season, and there's just so much to play for all across the country.
Pittsburgh is back in the Top 25 and hopes to stay there when the No. 22 Panthers take on visiting California in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Saturday afternoon.
Holstein is already establishing himself as one of the top quarterbacks in the country and he's doing things at the start of his career that no Pitt quarterback has done since Dan Marino.
It’s another glorious Saturday. Week 6’s slate is loaded with potential matchups, and Action Network's college football writers already have bets on three Noon games.
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