Pitt gets commitment from tight end Gavin Bartholomew; 2021 class ranked 20th in nation

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Pitt gets commitment from tight end Gavin Bartholomew; 2021 class ranked 20th in nation

Jerry DiPaola | Sunday, November 29, 2020 8:10 p.m.

Chaz Palla | Tribune-Review

Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi looks at the big screen after the Panthers go down to Notre Dame 21-3 in the second quarter Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 at Heinz Field.

All news regarding Pitt wasn’t bad this weekend.

Committed!?? #H2P pic.twitter.com/Y2Pu3DpoTV

— Gavin Bartholomew (@GavinBartholom6) November 30, 2020

Tight end Gavin Bartholomew, a senior at Blue Mountain High School in Schuylkill Haven, gave coach Pat Narduzzi a verbal commitment Sunday. He is the sixth recruit from Pennsylvania to join Pitt’s 2021 recruiting class that is ranked 20th in the nation — fifth in the ACC — by Rivals.com.

Pitt has commitments from 21 players. Bartholomew is one of 17 who are rated three-star recruits by Rivals.

Previously committed to Buffalo, Bartholomew (6-foot-5, 248 pounds) has scholarship offers from 18 schools, including Army, Delaware, Villanova and William & Mary.

He is one of two tight ends in Pitt’s class, joining Jake Renda of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

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